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Asylum

January 24, 2012
By IdellaRenfield BRONZE, Waldorf, Maryland
IdellaRenfield BRONZE, Waldorf, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere." Sherlock Holmes-The Sign of the Four


Of candy laces
and dolled up faces
and someone shouts proprieties
and someone shouts a curse.





the mistress beckons a rat
all dressed up, suit and tie
they converse, chuckling
and when he must go
the mistress closes
her eyes
and prays
and prays for the emancipation

The author's comments:
Interpret this as you see fit.

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