Those Who Live in Belvedere

Those Who Live in Belvedere

 I. The Matron
 
 No child wants to run
 a prison when they grow up
 but someone has to 
 
 II. The Petitioner 
 
 If I'm going to
 be locked up I might as well
 just go starve at home
 
 III. The Inventor
 
 This is the kind of
 cell I think I could live in
 if only I could
 
 IV. The Nobleman
 
 Sometimes I don't know
 if I'm coming or going
 or if I'm just stuck
 
 V. The Squire
 
 I felt safer down
 there at the bottom I knew
 where I was and why
 
 VI. The Lady
 
 I can't see the sun
 through these windows I only
 see walls and more walls
 
 VII. The Lord
 
 Maybe if I don't
 look at them things will finally
 make sense around here
 
 VIII. The Prisoner
 
 Everything here bends.
 Everything here keeps going.
 Everything but me.