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They shut me up in Prose

by Emily Dickinson

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 —

This poem is in the public domain.

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