Stockholm Syndrome

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I tried to plead through prepositions, 

Only to be pounced upon for interjecting an interjection.

My timing and selection were totally wrong,

For a singular abduction metamorphosed into legends of paraphrased plurals.

 

I knew I was in trouble,

Being inflected by inflections, adapting to the next selection of torture.

There was an etymology of comparatives,

Reminiscent of a time when I cross-referenced survival.

 

I contemplated my fate,

And breathed new air, as Stockholm syndrome set in.

Being kidnapped by a poem produced an unexpected result,

I became a poet.

Fontaine Baker

Fontaine Baker is an incarcerated poet. His poem “Stockholm Syndrome” is part of a larger collection entitled Poetic Justice, featured in the works aggregated by Zo Media Productions and edited by Stony Brook University Humanities Department staff and students.

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