Phantom's Opera

It all started after two deaths struck the family The house was devastated it happened so quickly They were still in mourning coping with the shock When was heard their presence the eerie nightly knocks! The sadness was soon replaced by a sense of horror Footsteps were heard with none on the corridor The lights went off their own stones pelted from nowhere Doors banged without a gale lost things weren’t anywhere! Ashes dumped on food filled jug was soon empty Wastes lay littered in rooms locked and debarred entry Nights were spent sleepless each stayed on bed awake Praying for the knockings to stop arrival of daybreak! The terrorized house lay numb without a key to the mists Till they had them enough the pranks of the evil spirits Too long was going this at their cost the ghostly ruckus Not deterred by one’s boastful claim we got a gun with us! When the unwanted visitors showed no signs of retreat Priests were summoned to drive out the evil spirits They said not one but the house is playing host To not one evildoer but a bunch of malevolent ghosts! They performed for three days got bagful royal treat Then they were gone but the visitors didn’t retreat It was by now known they would go on till Their mission accomplished they could close the deal! One day it all stopped as suddenly as did start Quietly they left sprightly souls did depart But also found were gone with the phantoms’ revelry Grandpa’s saved gold coins all Grandma’s jewelry!

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