Night Ritual

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The phantasmagorist with the wet hair

Turning blue and coughing

Sick Sick Sick

The apparition with the lacy nightgown

Rolling eyes and slinking

Sick sick sick

The succubus with the long fingernails

Losing breath and pinching

Sick sick sick

The poltergeist with the pendant necklace

Knocking things and gleaming

Sick sick sick

I am peaked, bedridden, and aghast

I close my eyes to sleep

Sick sick sick