Two's Company
They said the house was haunted but
He laughed at them and said, 'Tut, tut!
I've never heard such tittle-tattle
As ghosts groan and chains that rattle;
And just to prove I'm in the right,
Please leave me here to spend the night.'
They winked absurdly, tried to smother
Their ignorant laughter, nudged each other,
And left him just as dusk was falling
With a hunchback moon and screech owls calling -
Not that this troubled him one bit;
In fact he was quite glad of it.
Knowing it's every sane man's mission.
To contradict all superstition.
But what is that? Outside it seemed
As if chains rattled, someone screamed!
Come, come, it's merely nerves, he's certain
(But just the same, he draws the curtain)
The stroke of twelve, but there's no clock!
He shuts the door and turns the lock
(Of course, he knows that no one's there,
But no harm's done by taking care!)
Someone's outside- the silly joker,
(Might as well pick up the poker!)
That noise again! He checks the doors
Shutters and windows, makes a pause
To seek the safest place to hide
(The cupboard's strong - he creeps inside).
Not that there's anything to fear,
He tells himself, when at his ear
A voice breathes softly, 'How do you do!
I am the ghost. Pray, who are you?
- Raymond Wilson
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