Animals, these beings trapped
As I am trapped but not, themselves, the trap,
Aging, but without knowledge of their age,
Kept safe here, knowing not of death, for death
- Oh, bars of my own body, open, open!The world goes by my cage and never sees me. (Randall Jarrell)

Animals, these beings trapped As I am trapped but not, themselves, the trap, Aging, but without knowledge of their age, Kept safe here, knowing not of death, for death - Oh, bars of my own body, open, open!The world goes by my cage and never sees me.

Randall Jarrell

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