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  • Abby Normal
    Commissioner
    • Jun 2010
    • 11939

    #1

    Ode to Mary Kelly

    i wasnt here on the anniversary of her passing, so i give now.

    Ode to Mary Kelly
    by A. Normal

    Dark city sidewalks
    breed soft parades
    scattered figures
    play a strange charade

    I hear her singing from down the way
    A lovely sad serenade

    Her red hair
    her fair skin
    Sweet the troubles of the soothing gin
    She let him in

    The angels wept
    cold tears of rain
    But he just smiled
    and smiled again
    I see him standing
    by the broken pane
    From Hell he is
    and come again

    Her warm eyes
    her good heart
    She was kindness
    in an unkind part
    Shes a dark star

    The fire glowed out
    its lonely light
    from the courtyard
    of the night
    and when it died
    the devils sight
    beheld a bird
    on heavens flight

    Mary Kelly
    Sweet Soul
    over green fields
    white clouds roll
    over Ireland
    white clouds roll





    "Is all that we see or seem
    but a dream within a dream?"

    -Edgar Allan Poe


    "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
    quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

    -Frederick G. Abberline
  • Herlock Sholmes
    Commissioner
    • May 2017
    • 22383

    #2
    Regards

    Herlock Sholmes

    ”I think that Herlock is a genius.” Trevor Marriott

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    • Abby Normal
      Commissioner
      • Jun 2010
      • 11939

      #3
      Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
      thanks herlock. other than the whodunnit aspect of the ripper case, is the humanity of the people and victims involved that interests me.
      "Is all that we see or seem
      but a dream within a dream?"

      -Edgar Allan Poe


      "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
      quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

      -Frederick G. Abberline

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      • Marie Jeanette Davies
        Cadet
        • Sep 2019
        • 49

        #4
        Beautiful. Just beautiful.
        "So while life does remain, in memoriam I'll retain this small violet I plucked from Mother's grave."

        Stefania Elisabetta
        Pet mama and music fan.

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        • mpriestnall
          Inspector
          • Apr 2019
          • 1192

          #5
          Thanks for sharing, Abby.

          Sapere Aude

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          • drstrange169
            Superintendent
            • Feb 2008
            • 2409

            #6
            An evocative piece, nicely done Abby.
            dustymiller
            aka drstrange

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            • Abby Normal
              Commissioner
              • Jun 2010
              • 11939

              #7
              Originally posted by drstrange169 View Post
              An evocative piece, nicely done Abby.
              thanks dusty. I appreciate that.
              "Is all that we see or seem
              but a dream within a dream?"

              -Edgar Allan Poe


              "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
              quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

              -Frederick G. Abberline

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              • drstrange169
                Superintendent
                • Feb 2008
                • 2409

                #8
                No problem, I don't normally like that sort of thing as they tend to be too corny, but yours works
                dustymiller
                aka drstrange

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                • AlanG
                  Detective
                  • Jun 2014
                  • 116

                  #9
                  Really nice. Thankyou.

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                  • Darryl Kenyon
                    Inspector
                    • Nov 2014
                    • 1245

                    #10
                    I try and write a little poetry myself Abby and if I had written that I would be very proud of myself .
                    Regards Darryl

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                    • Ms Diddles
                      Chief Inspector
                      • Aug 2019
                      • 1731

                      #11
                      I'm with Dusty on this, in that I usually find such works rather mawkish and overly sentimental but I find this rather poignant and beautiful.

                      Good work, Abby!

                      You clearly have a talent.

                      Nice to see you back!

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                      • Abby Normal
                        Commissioner
                        • Jun 2010
                        • 11939

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Ms Diddles View Post
                        I'm with Dusty on this, in that I usually find such works rather mawkish and overly sentimental but I find this rather poignant and beautiful.

                        Good work, Abby!

                        You clearly have a talent.

                        Nice to see you back!
                        thanks diddles! happy new year!
                        "Is all that we see or seem
                        but a dream within a dream?"

                        -Edgar Allan Poe


                        "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                        quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                        -Frederick G. Abberline

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                        • Ms Diddles
                          Chief Inspector
                          • Aug 2019
                          • 1731

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Abby Normal View Post

                          thanks diddles! happy new year!
                          Thanks Abby!

                          The same to you and yours!

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