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ᴀᴛ ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ, ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴜɴᴇ,
ɪ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏꜱᴛɪᴄ ᴍᴏᴏɴ.
ᴀɴ ᴏᴘɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴠᴀᴘᴏʀ, ᴅᴇᴡʏ, ᴅɪᴍ,
ᴇxʜᴀʟᴇꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ʀɪᴍ,
ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏꜰᴛʟʏ ᴅʀɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ, ᴅʀᴏᴘ ʙʏ ᴅʀᴏᴘ,
ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜɪᴇᴛ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴ ᴛᴏᴘ,
ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟꜱ ᴅʀᴏᴡꜱɪʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ
ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱᴀʟ ᴠᴀʟʟᴇʏ.
ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏꜱᴇᴍᴀʀʏ ɴᴏᴅꜱ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴀᴠᴇ;
ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪʟʏ ʟᴏʟʟꜱ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴠᴇ;
ᴡʀᴀᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ʙʀᴇᴀꜱᴛ,
ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴜɪɴ ᴍᴏᴜʟᴅᴇʀꜱ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛ;
ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʟᴇᴛʜᴇ, ꜱᴇᴇ! ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴋᴇ
ᴀ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴄɪᴏᴜꜱ ꜱʟᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ᴀᴡᴀᴋᴇ.
ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛʏ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘꜱ!—ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏ! ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʟɪᴇꜱ
ɪʀᴇɴᴇ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴇꜱᴛɪɴɪᴇꜱ!

ᴏʜ, ʟᴀᴅʏ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛ! ᴄᴀɴ ɪᴛ ʙᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ—
ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡɪɴᴅᴏᴡ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ?
ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴏɴ ᴀɪʀꜱ, ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇ-ᴛᴏᴘ,
ʟᴀᴜɢʜɪɴɢʟʏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴘ—
ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴅɪʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɪʀꜱ, ᴀ ᴡɪᴢᴀʀᴅ ʀᴏᴜᴛ,
ꜰʟɪᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜʏ ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴄᴀɴᴏᴘʏ
ꜱᴏ ꜰɪᴛꜰᴜʟʟʏ—ꜱᴏ ꜰᴇᴀʀꜰᴜʟʟʏ—
ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʀɪɴɢÉᴅ ʟɪᴅ
’ɴᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛʜʏ ꜱʟᴜᴍʙ’ʀɪɴɢ ꜱᴏᴜʟ ʟɪᴇꜱ ʜɪᴅ,
ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ᴏ’ᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟʟ,
ʟɪᴋᴇ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡꜱ ʀɪꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴀʟʟ!
ᴏʜ, ʟᴀᴅʏ ᴅᴇᴀʀ, ʜᴀꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ɴᴏ ꜰᴇᴀʀ?
ᴡʜʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴀʀᴛ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴇ?
ꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏ’ᴇʀ ꜰᴀʀ-ᴏꜰꜰ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ,
ᴀ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ᴛʀᴇᴇꜱ!
ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜʏ ᴘᴀʟʟᴏʀ! ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛʜʏ ᴅʀᴇꜱꜱ!
ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇ, ᴀʙᴏᴠᴇ ᴀʟʟ, ᴛʜʏ ʟᴇɴɢᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ,
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀʟʟ ꜱᴏʟᴇᴍɴ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴛɴᴇꜱꜱ!

ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴅʏ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘꜱ! ᴏʜ, ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴇʀ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ,
ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴇɴᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ, ꜱᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ!
ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀ ɪɴ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴀᴄʀᴇᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ!
ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴀᴍʙᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ,
ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴍᴇʟᴀɴᴄʜᴏʟʏ,
ɪ ᴘʀᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ʟɪᴇ
ꜰᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜɴᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴇʏᴇ,
ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀʟᴇ ꜱʜᴇᴇᴛᴇᴅ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛꜱ ɢᴏ ʙʏ!

ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ꜱʜᴇ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘꜱ! ᴏʜ, ᴍᴀʏ ʜᴇʀ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘ,
ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴀꜱᴛɪɴɢ, ꜱᴏ ʙᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ!
ꜱᴏꜰᴛ ᴍᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴍꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʀᴇᴇᴘ!
ꜰᴀʀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛ, ᴅɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʟᴅ,
ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴀʏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴀʟʟ ᴠᴀᴜʟᴛ ᴜɴꜰᴏʟᴅ—
ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴠᴀᴜʟᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏꜰᴛ ʜᴀᴛʜ ꜰʟᴜɴɢ ɪᴛꜱ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴɢÉᴅ ᴘᴀɴɴᴇʟꜱ ꜰʟᴜᴛᴛᴇʀɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ,
ᴛʀɪᴜᴍᴘʜᴀɴᴛ, ᴏ’ᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇꜱᴛᴇᴅ ᴘᴀʟʟꜱ
ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ꜰᴜɴᴇʀᴀʟꜱ—

ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜱᴇᴘᴜʟᴄʜʀᴇ, ʀᴇᴍᴏᴛᴇ, ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ,
ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴘᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ ꜱʜᴇ ʜᴀᴛʜ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɴ,
ɪɴ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ, ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴀɴ ɪᴅʟᴇ ꜱᴛᴏɴᴇ—
ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏᴍʙ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴏꜱᴇ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴏʀ
ꜱʜᴇ ɴᴇ’ᴇʀ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴀɴ ᴇᴄʜᴏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ,
ᴛʜʀɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ, ᴘᴏᴏʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴏꜰ ꜱɪɴ!
ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴡʜᴏ ɢʀᴏᴀɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ.

~ 𝔅𝔶 𝔈𝔡𝔤𝔞𝔯 𝔄𝔩𝔩𝔞𝔫 𝔓𝔬𝔢

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