When he was sent to jail <br />The warder did decree <br />His cell should be <br />Perfectly circular. <br /> <br /> <br />I attribute his madness <br />To this encircling doom. <br />For in his room <br />Not driven into corners, <br /> <br /> <br />He compulsively <br />Groped for the centre - <br />Thus did he enter <br />The orbed madhouse.<br /><br />Ananta Madhavan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prison-46/