Dear Santa (Edgar Allan Poe)
Ghostly, ghastly bearded spectre from the yuletide retail sector,
Northern arctic elf-director, hear the sum of what I ask.
First, a whip to bastinado a repellent desperado,
Next, the best amontillado in an ancient Spanish cask,
Yes, a choice amontillado in an ancient Spanish cask
Will be suited to the task.
Then a fatal female vampire from the smoke of her own damn pyre
To improve the devil's empire where my soul is wont to bask.
And a costume, rich, resplendent, with a blood-red ruby pendant,
For I need to be attendant at a certain deadly masque
Yes, a rich, resplendent costume with a bodice or a basque,
For a certain deadly masque,
Last - I love those early-comers - send a girl of thirteen summers,
Ere the curse of Death the Drummer's sent her ashes to a flask.
This is all I have to ask
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