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Monday, September 02, 2019

A Story Poem for Monday


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Ruins of a castle, 
the ghosts of times long past 

They'll haunt you going in 
their ancestors will growl 

And it'll be sad there 
You'll wish you hadn't gone 

I was in there one time  
sickened by what I found 

Mummified in his chair 
Uncle Nick bound in chains 
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Jailed man picture: Nicolas Fouquet and replica prison cell in the
Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle cellar.  (click on picture to enlarge) 
My photo, 2009.  Read about it,

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- Photo and Poem Copyright,  Jimmiehov 2011 and 2019, All Rights Reserved 
 - I am linked with Sherry Blue Sky in the Imaginary Garden at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2019/09/wordy-monday-with-wild-woman-castle.html?m=1

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7 comments:

  1. Sherry Blue SkyTuesday, September 03, 2019 1:40:00 AM

    Now THAT would be a slow and tortured death. Even more horrible to know it really happened. Some humans can be so barbaric, and it seems we havent evolved much.

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  2. brudbergTuesday, September 03, 2019 3:20:00 PM

    What a terrible end... I wonder if there is any rest for such a soul.

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  3. Sanaa RizviTuesday, September 03, 2019 4:15:00 PM

    Yikes! This is incredibly dark and well written, Jim.

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  4. Old EggTuesday, September 03, 2019 8:18:00 PM

    Curiously I went to Vaux-le-Vicomte castle over sixty years ago and Nick wasn't on show there then! He must have voted against the EU.

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  5. purplepeninportland.comWednesday, September 04, 2019 6:58:00 PM

    Very eerie tale, Jim. Love the ending.

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  6. MargaretWednesday, September 04, 2019 9:08:00 PM

    horrifying. can't imagine being chained and iron masked like that (but I do love the movie!)

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  7. Anjum Wasim DarThursday, September 05, 2019 11:14:00 AM

    so intriguing and shocking but a thrilling poetic story

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