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I hate the hall of simulacra
voices of the family's dead jabbering
from the bronze and marble heads
Grandma tells me to straighten up
some old coot shouts unintelligibly
from a niche with its name defaced
later I discover why
he shares some of his many secrets
once I learn his antique tongue
if my plans go awry
I won't get a niche and head at all
but if I succeed!
I will raze this cursed house to the ground