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Count Karloff arose from his coffin
and left with a stretch and a yawn.
He said, ‘There’s a town to start off in.
I’ll feast on them all before dawn.”
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He mingled with unruly masses
observing the rich and the poor.
He said, “Never mind what their class is;
there’s garlic nailed up on each door.”
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The count felt a terrible yearning.
Anxiety stirred in his belly.
He said, “These damn mortals are learning
from series they’ve seen on the telly.”
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But then he saw Lady Jane Purtsey.
He flashed her a terrible grin.
And Purtsey replied with a curtsy
declaring, “Why don’t you come in?”
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She laid out a cake she’d been baking
that vampires aren’t likely to touch.
Thin slices were there for the taking
with currants and raisins and such.
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The count thought that Jane looked delicious.
Her blood would taste awfully nice.
He opened his jaws and looked vicious
so Purtsey popped in half a slice.
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He raised his dark eyebrows a fraction;
a moment of rare introspection.
He said, “Though I’m moved to distraction
the raisins are done to perfection”
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