他们说：去写散文吧，

多么温文，多么优雅。

就像把太闹腾的小女孩，

关进衣橱，让她学乖。

又像锁住一只鸟儿，

它如此不羁，居然要飞去。

好吧，如果窥进我的脑袋，

会发现端坐的我已神游天外。

甚至可以化作一颗星，

如此轻易，只要我愿意。

来束缚我啊，热爱散文的你们，

可曾听见我飞去时洒落的笑声。

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 –