I stopped and looked
Through the iron bars
Of a narrow, dark cage
At the restless leopard
With pity and respect.
And the leopard suddenly stopped
And glared at me,
Saying: “ O, Man,
You are too arrogant to see
Which of us
Is the captive of himself,
And which in himself is free!”
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