They shut me up in Prose –
As when a little Girl
They put me in the Closet –

Still! Could themselves 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 –

Readings

They Shut Me Up in Prose read by Juliet Stevenson
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