They shut me up in Prose -- <br />As when a little Girl <br />They put me in the Closet -- <br />Because they liked me "still" -- <br /> <br />Still! Could themself have peeped -- <br />And seen my Brain -- go round -- <br />They might as wise have lodged a Bird <br />For Treason -- in the Pound -- <br /> <br />Himself has but to will <br />And easy as a Star <br />Abolish his Captivity -- <br />And laugh -- No more have I --<br /><br />Emily Dickinson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/they-shut-me-up-in-prose/
