The White Rabbit's Evidence
by Lewis Carroll
They told me you had been to her,
And mentioned me to him:
She gave me a good character,
But said I could not swim.
He sent them word I had not gone
(We know it to be true):
If she should push the matter on,
What would become of you?
I gave her one, they gave him two,
You gave us three or more;
They all returned from him to you,
Though they were mine before.
If I or she should chance to be involved in this affair,
He trusts to you to set them free,
Exactly as we were.
My notion was that you had been
(Before she had this fit)
An obstacle that came between him, and ourselves, and it.
Don't let him know she liked them best,
For this must ever be a secret,
Kept from all the rest,
Between yourself and me.
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Lewis Carroll is my favorite poet, which is why I picked this poem. In his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (which I recommend everyone read), the King says this poem, which is the White Rabbit's evidence against Alice, is "...the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet," while Alice says "...I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it." I think we can all agree with Alice.
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