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TheGhostsofLondon CrystalHollis
CrystalHollis
Iamthebleedingheartintheyard, theflyingmonkintheraftersofhischurch, andthelandlordinthepub, rockingback andforth andback andforth forever.
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Iamthemanwhojumpsoffthebridge
everythirty-firstofDecember, andtheboatbelowthatfades, floatingfurther andfainter andfurther andfainter tillit'sgone.
IamthewomaninTheGeorge, thedoglookingforitstail,
andthegoosewhocallseverymonth, withoutfail, everymonth, theyallcome, everymonth, tothegates.
IamtheblackdogofNewgate, thearguingwivesinthechurchyard,
andthewomaninblackasking whereismybrother? Whereis mybrother? Where
is my brother?
