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And then came the crown of Horror's grim crown, the monster so loathsomely red. Each eye was a pin that shot out and in, as, squidlike, it oozed to my bed; So softly it crept with feelers that swept and quivered like fine copper wire; Its belly was white with a sulphurous light, its jaws were a drooling with fire. AND THEN CAME THE CROWN OF HORROR'S GRIM CROWN THE MONSTER SO LOATHSOMELY RED EACH EYE WAS A PIN THAT SHOT OUT AND IN AS SQUIDLIKE IT OOZED TO MY BED SO SOFTLY IT CREPT WITH FEELERS THAT SWEPT AND QUIVERED LIKE FINE COPPER WIRE ITS BELLY WAS WHITE WITH A SULPHUROUS LIGHT ITS JAWS WERE ADRILLING WITH FIRE
e dark; If you'd seen them rebound with a horrible sound, and spitefully spitting a spark; If you'd watched IT with dread, as it hissed by your bed, that thing with the feelers that crawls-- You'd have settled the brute that attempted to shoot electricity into your walls. Oh, some they were blue, and they slithered right through; they were silent and squashy and round; And some they were green; they were wriggly and lean; they writhed with so hateful a sound. My blood seemed to freeze; I fell on my knees; my face was a white splash of dread. Oh, the Green and the Blue, they were gruesome to view; but the worst of them all were the Red. They came through the door, they came through the floor, they came through the moss-creviced logs. They were savage and dire; they were whiskered with fire; they bickered like malamute dogs. They ravined in rings like iniquitous things; they gulped down the Green and the Blue. I crinkled with fear whene'er they drew near, and nearer and nearer they drew.  HISSED LIKE SCORPIONS DIM IN THE DARK IF YOU'D SEEN THEM REBOUND WITH A HORRIBLE SOUND AND SPITEFULLY SPITTING A SPARK IF YOU'D WATCHED IT WITH DREAD AS IT HISSED BY YOUR BED THAT THING WITH THE FEELERS THAT CRAWLS YOU'D HAVE SETTLED THE BRUTE THAT ATTEMPTED TO SHOOT ELECTRICITY INTO YOUR WALLS OH SOME THEY WERE BLUE AND THEY SLITHERED RIGHT THROUGH THEY WERE SILENT AND SQUASHY AND ROUND AND SOME THEY WERE GREEN THEY WERE WRIGGLY AND LEAN THEY WRITHED WITH SO HATEFUL A SOUND MY BLOOD SEEMED TO FREEZE I FELL ON MY KNEES MY FACE WAS A WHITE SPLASH OF DREAD OH THE GREEN AND THE BLUE THEY WERE GRUESOME TO VIEW BUT THE WORST OF THEM ALL WERE THE RED THEY CAME THROUGH THE DOOR THEY CAME THROUGH THE FLOOR THEY CAME THROUGH THE MOSS CREVICED LOGS THEY WERE SAVAGE AND DIRE THEY WERE WHISKERED WITH FIRE THEY BICKERED LIKE MALAMUTE DOGS THEY RAVINED IN RINGS LIKE INIQUITOUS THINGS THEY GULPED DOWN THE GREEN AND THE BLUE I CRINKLED WITH FEAR WHENE'ER THEY DREW NEAR AND NEARER AND NEARER THEY DREW
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