Please enjoy this brilliant poem done by well loved and known children’s book author Edward Gorey. This can be put in the category of my creepy sense of humour which also holds a great deal of dead baby jokes. Now lets pretend that I did not spend a good hour trying to memorize this so that I may recite it at terribly awkward/inappropriate times.
The Ghastly Crumb Tinies: By Edward Gorey A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clair who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of the sleigh. E is for Ernest who choked on a peach. F is for Fanny, sucked dry by a leech. G is for George, smothered under a rug. H is for Hector, done in by a thug. I is for Ida who drowned in the lake. J is for James who took lye, by mistake. K is for Kate who was struck with an axe. L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks. M is for Maud who was swept out to sea. N is for Nevil who died of ennui. O is for Olive, run through with an awl. P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl. Q is for Quinton who sank in a mire. R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire. S is for Susan who perished of fits. T is for Titas who blew into bits. U is for Una who slipped down a drain. V is for Victor, squashed under a train. W is for Winie, embedded in ice. X is for Xerxes, devoured by mice. Y is for Yoric whose head was bashed in. Z is for Zilla who drank too much gin. Believe it or not we were reminded of this nice series that includes pictures, by the recent children’s book I bought, The Dangerous Alphabet, done by Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly which was beautifully illustrated to include many disturbing scenes filled with dastardly things. Though because the river they are boating through includes a dead and decomposing broken dog, I might just hold off on the age appropriateness of 5 years and delay giving it to my niece and nephew. Though to balance the dog one of the first pictures involves men in trench coats luring the kids with candy then proceeding to toss children into burlap sacks and go sell them in the child slave market does make me want to educate my sisters offspring faster on such dangers. Now to convince my sister of their true educational value…
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