"Man With Wooden Leg Escapes Prison” by James Tate
Man with wooden leg escapes prison. He's caught.
They take his wooden leg away from him. Each day
he must cross a large hill and swim a wide river
to get to the field where he must work all day on
one leg. This goes on for a year. At the Christmas
Party they give him back his leg. Now he doesn't
want it. His escape is all planned. It requires
only one leg.
Note: This is a prose poem, but I was never sure, prose poetry being what it is, if the line breaks must be that way in the paragraph or not. The way I copied it for you is the way the book I read it in had it written. ~Lauren's Wiki
I love this poem. I'd almost forgotten about it until I saw you post it. ^/^ ~Dog