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Beware! The Man Who Holds The Monkey's Paw

Beware! The Man Who Holds The Monkey’s Paw

 

The wolf is at the door,

dragging your hungry children

across the cobbles of Victorian conditions,

their ribs rat-a-tat-tatting

like a wooden washboard.

In the clinging northern mist

ghosts drift across the streets

before settling into doorways

where no one sees them.

 

A creature lurches into view,

its frame a mas...

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