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Investigating Jack the Ripper - the Bait

He cuts throats too, my dear friend Ramsay! How can I sing myself to comfort, Sing wonderfully, as my father brags, With a cut throat!? Perhaps the draining of my fluids shall be our killer's lullaby, As he sleeps soundly with the soothing flow Of my newly dead blood! With an uncertain sigh, I now stand alone, quaking! Cruel thought imagining despairing fate How could Ramsay have so much faith in a cowardly girl When faith is simply what she lacks? She is out to find an evil one unseen, A twisted fiend that can be he that passes—or he! Where shall she go from here? Surely she cannot stand in this spot forever; The rain has already chilled the coward to the bone, When all she has on for warmth, the foolish child, Is a thin old sweater? But, ah, her bone is to be chilled once more, And the weather, I'm afraid, will not be the cause. . . -this is a dark soliloquy of a character in an unfinished play about Jack I wrote... maybe a couple years ago? I gottah put a date on these things! Haha-

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Date: 4/17/2013 8:04:00 PM
The girl has talent and will be famous one day! At least she is appreciated now. This is great stuff.
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Date: 4/15/2013 10:49:00 PM
Creepy, dark, and awesome. Very well done... I think you mentioned the play before...or the idea of it...that or maybe it was the book/story of or with JTR...so many haha anyway really awesome. :3 Always Becca
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Date: 4/15/2013 9:45:00 PM
Hi Laura, eerie it is when it comes to the history. I feel sorry for the bait. my fiance loves stories and movies on the creepy man. I will show him your poem tomorrow at work. Thank you for sharing... always a fan~ Linda
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