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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students

They shut me up in Prose --

Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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They shut me up in Prose --As when a little GirlThey 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 BirdFor Treason -- in the Pound -- Himself has but to willAnd easy as a StarAbolish his Captivity --And laugh -- No more have I --