The Mailer Review/Volume 3, 2009/The Prisoner’s Dream

Written by
Riccardo Duranti

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Caught in some Guantanamo of the mind
he dove down his own soul
and conjured up a secret alphabet
from which he managed to fashion
four different keys
guaranteed to unlock
any door
anywhere . . .

Exhausted, he fell asleep
before realizing
the keyhole was
on the other side
of his door ...