Beware the entrance to the hypogeum,
unless you want a visit with this lich.
Better me than a breath from a ghast,
blood-curdling is the last thing you hear.
Unless you want to visit with this lich,
walk quickly save your passing glance.
There is only bone sputum here, beware.
Better me than a breath from a ghast,
I am the one who will give you a riddle.
Catacomb inhabitants are bored, beware.
Blood-curdling is the last thing you hear,
ignore that loud undercurrent of curiosity.
There is only bone sputum here, beware.
When Bayt lahm guttured Bait lehem,
no bagels and baguettes are baked.
As hummus and labneh melting down,
prickly grapes grown in Golan Heights,
Awakened Elchanan terminated Goliath.
Raising Rachel tribes of nomadic life,
goes to a mysterious hypogeum.
The underground chamber,
forefather of Hebron and Nablus.
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