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emotions toss
both you and me
we are all
on fortune's knee
the forest is
a single tree
in the
glass menagerie

we are heated
we are shaped
there's no way
we can escape
the unruly
rageful ape

there's nowhere
that we can hide
from the lion
in his pride

love's a bird
within a snare
a fox within
its secret lair
hate's a wounded
grizzly bear
of this we
have had our share

jealousy's
a monkey's paw
envy's
a tiger's jagged maw
pain's meat is red
its meat is raw
its voice a crow
to creek and caw

sorrow seldom
hunts alone
grief will gnaw
upon the bone
fear will
turn a beast to stone

happiness
a red, red rose
joy is like
a puppy's nose
where are these things
do you suppose?
the
bird of paradise
still grows

we are all
caught up, you see
there's no way we can
break free
caged in the

*GLASS MENAGERIE