Social Commentaries

Detected

by Ambrose Bierce 1842–c. 1914

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.

MLA

Bierce, Ambrose. “Detected.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/370/.

Chicago

Bierce, Ambrose. “Detected.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bierce/370/.

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