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And that's why you don't summon ghosts in a bathroom mirror, among other bad things you shouldn't do. This was brilliant, and I loved the rhyme. Ominously catchy.

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Oct 18, 2023Liked by Brian Reindel 👾⚔️

Ooohhhh creepy! Rotten kids. 🤪

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Oct 18, 2023Liked by Brian Reindel 👾⚔️

That searing, defiant disdain, beginning with "I got you..." and ending with "bird cage" hit right before the turn into inescapable dread. I could almost hear the accents of the voices of local family lines, with yet another reminder to never say certain things, three times in a row, in front of a mirror! So good.

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Okay, that explains where SHE came from, I think...

The McCallisters kind of remind me of the rural ne-er-do wells in William Faulkner's stories, while the name "Bird", for this jazz fan, immediately conjured up the spirit of Charlie Parker....

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