<h3> <SPAN name="escaped"></SPAN> ESCAPED! </h3>
<p>(The boiler house whistle is blown "wildcat" when
a prisoner makes a "getaway")</p>
<p class="poem">
A man has fled. . . .! We clutch the bars and wait;<br/>
The corridors are empty, tense and still;<br/>
A silver mist has dimmed the distant hill;<br/>
The guards have gathered at the prison gate.<br/>
Then suddenly the "wildcat" blares its hate<br/>
Like some mad Moloch screaming for the kill,<br/>
Shattering the air with terror loud and shrill,<br/>
The dim, grey walls become articulate.<br/></p>
<p class="poem">
Freedom, you say? Behold her altar here!<br/>
In those far cities men can only find<br/>
A vaster prison and a redder hell,<br/>
O'ershadowed by new wings of greater fear.<br/>
Brave fool, for such a world to leave behind<br/>
The iron sanctuary of a cell!<br/></p>
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