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The Cuttlefish Man

Well, it certainly wasn’t clear to me
What he meant, but I couldn’t disagree

With a monster in such a morbid mood,
Could I? It would have been terribly rude.

He went on: “In a scientific way,
I’ve been carefully planning for this day:

I mentally made an underground map,
And discovered a place to set a trap.”

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