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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 4 – Masters)
Topic: ESCAPE (03/04/21)
I hate that I’m locked up in here
With no way to get out,
And no one seems to hear my calls,
No matter how I shout.

I can’t remember when I came,
I’ve been here for so long.
The space is narrow where I’m held,
The bars before me, strong.

I’m hungry and nobody cares.
I hope that dinner’s soon.
I haven’t had a bite to eat
Since lunch was brought at noon.

It’s lonesome to be held in here.
Though I hear people talking,
And somewhere from not far away,
Come sounds of someone walking.

I don’t enjoy such solitude.
I’m more for company,
With lots of people all around
Who like to be with me.

I do not know what I have done
To get this punishment,
But if I find what law I broke,
I’ll certainly repent.

I’ve hopes to break out of this place
When my plans will take shape.
I’ll grow up fast--you wait and see.
This playpen, I’ll escape.
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Holly Westefeld
03/14/21
This was a fun read!
Shann Hall-LochmannVanBennekom 
03/16/21
I really like this. I could relate to it in the beginning in so many ways. Poetry isn't my strongest genre, but it seemed to flow to my ears. I always enjoy a goid twist, and I wondered if maybe it was a baby in the womb, but I thought the ending was great too and made me chuckle.
Jack Taylor 
03/18/21
You got me smiling with this ending. I picture my own little ones standing and holding the bars of their cribs on so many occasions each morning as they awaited rescue. Great cadence and a strong flow with good word choice to keep us reading.