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Who’s living in the hanged man’s house
 
Who’s been cooking dead cat for his tea,
behind the cracked windows black with soot?
 
We can see the smoke rise from the end of the lane,
out through the gaps in the cocked chimneypot.
 
You, it’s your dad, he’s dumped the new tart
and come back to the village to live.
 
No, it’s your big sister, the zombie,
she was here by the fire all of last night.
 
No, it’s the ghost of that smelly old man,
who swung for three days before he was found.
 

 

 

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