“Trapped in life, only escape I know is death.”
E.M.S (1995) Nigerian rapper, singer and record producer
"Hidden"
“Animals, these beings trapped
As I am trapped but not, themselves, the trap,
Aging, but without knowledge of their age,
Kept safe here, knowing not of death, for death
— Oh, bars of my own body, open, open!The world goes by my cage and never sees me.”
"The Woman at the Washington Zoo," lines 14-19
The Woman at the Washington Zoo (1960)
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As I am trapped but not, themselves, the trap,
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I am a Pig Trap”
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