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Bluebeard
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40 Bluebeard And how did he call owlgirl to his place? With bugle and sugar. And what were her charms and how much did they bring? They were litheness and fallow, they brought fifty cents. And why did the host voodoo-potion his guest? For ascendance, for relish, for craven desire. And when did she vanish under the tonic? At noon and for always. This would be her derailment. And where did the effervescence make her descent? By the edge of his axe, in the sick pond of candle. And what was the shadowplay etched on the wall? A Punch and Judy fracas etched of clattering hips. And who was left in the shadowy manse? A sickening torque in her narrative, the theft of her late. ...