Social Commentaries
Detected
From Shapes of Clay (1903)
Social Commentaries
In Congress once great Mowther shone,
Debating weighty matters;
Now into an asylum thrown,
He vacuously chatters.
If in that legislative hall
His wisdom still he 'd vented,
It never had been known at all
That Mowther was demented.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Detected.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/370/.
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Bierce, Ambrose. “Detected.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/370/.
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