~{To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock

In a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock

Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock

From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.}~

 When I was in "Mulan," the director would make us recite this at the beginning of play practice until we were all enunciating properly. It got stuck in my head today and made me smile.

Good times.

~Stephanie