They shut me up in Prose
They shut me up in Prose
As when a little Girl
They put me in the Closet
Because they liked me “still”
Still! Could themself have peeped
And seen my Brain go round
They might as wise have lodged a Bird
For Treason in the Pound
Himself has but to will
And easy as a Star
Abolish his Captivity
And laugh No more have I
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