Poke poke<\/p>\n
Stick and stones<\/p>\n
Shake shake<\/p>\n
My still shoulder<\/p>\n
Pull pull<\/p>\n
Hair, clothes<\/p>\n
But I stir not<\/p>\n
To live is to move<\/p>\n
To not is to cease<\/p>\n
Diseased<\/p>\n
Sickly sweet odor<\/p>\n
Rotting flesh<\/p>\n
My flesh is perfect<\/p>\n
My skin flawless<\/p>\n
Not white, but alright.<\/p>\n
But what rots?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Here is a secret<\/p>\n
Hush! Hush!<\/p>\n
Swear, oh swear on Styx<\/p>\n
The oath unbroken.<\/p>\n
I poisoned her<\/p>\n
A maiden lush<\/p>\n
A rosette rose flower<\/p>\n
I plead guilty<\/p>\n
Milord, Milady<\/p>\n
I safely stowed<\/p>\n
Her lifeless corpse<\/p>\n
Away away in a dark place.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Here is a secret<\/p>\n
Hush! Hush!<\/p>\n
She resides within<\/p>\n
The primitive prison<\/p>\n
Look ye,<\/p>\n
My perfect skin<\/p>\n
My perfect bones<\/p>\n
Tis her that reeks<\/p>\n
Sickly sweet<\/p>\n
Tis her<\/p>\n
Who’s cold, bloodless<\/p>\n
Dead.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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