Stir-crazy in the prison of someone else’s days,
Pare back and winter by your vegetable love
Through frosts of discontent, till you can finally be
Stir-fried in the noisy wok of freedom.
“In the prison of his days...” — W.H. Auden
“Love in the frost is pared and wintered by.” — Dylan Thomas
“Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer...” — Shakespeare
And the pun that I must point out if anyone is to notice: “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.” — Nelson Mandela
give me a clue so sweet and true
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