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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BONDAGE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Many cages round me
Last Line: My garden walks lie inwardly!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry
First Line: Many cages round me
Last Line: My garden walks lie inwardly!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry
Many cages round me,
Bar on bar
Stand grim, forbidding!
Ghostly pressures
Clutch my heart.
I gaze with eyes unseeing—
Whereunto may I wander free?
Alas, alas!
My garden walks lie inwardly!
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