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AUNT HELEN


1 Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt,
2 And lived in a small house near a fashionable square
3 Cared for by servants to the number of four.
4 Now when she died there was silence in heaven
5 And silence at her end of the street.
6 The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet --
7 He was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.
8 The dogs were handsomely provided for,
9 But shortly afterwards the parrot died too.
10 The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece,
11 And the footman sat upon the dining-table
12 Holding the second housemaid on his knees --
13 Who had always been so careful while her mistress lived.


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