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Jack

Jack

 

Stainless steel glistens in the gaslight

it cuts through gravity and sinew.

Whitechapel is mine tonight

nobody knows what I will do.

 

It cuts through gravity and sinew

when you hold it right.

Nobody knows what I will do

If you put up a fight.

 

When you hold it right

Just one swing and you are through

If you put up a fight

I’ll cut you in two

 

Just one swing and you are through

as steel and flesh unite

I’ll cut you in two

On this perfect autumn night

 

As steel and flesh unite

Whitechapel is mine tonight

On this perfect autumn night

Stainless steel glistens in the gaslight.

 

Jack the Ripperpantoum

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Martin Bailey

Thu 5th Dec 2013 17:44

Thanks andy, once I worked out the form I wrote in no time and then redrafted to tighten it.

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Andy N

Thu 5th Dec 2013 12:46

excellent stuff, martin. the last stanza finishes the piece off really strongly for example.

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