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Ghost-Nan

Source date: 2020-08-071 min readComplete text

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[WP] You're a ghost haunting a house. You've been scaring people off your property for a few centuries now, but it's gotten boring, so you're going to switch it up a bit.
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THE MOMENT

"Boo!" is boring.

Floating sheets are passe.

While the family is snoring

I'll haunt them in a new way!

I'll give helpfulness a whirl.

Kimmy wants a dolly

Timmy needs a friend.

Dad's not very jolly.

Mom has a new friend.

I'll make the doll dance and twirl.

I'll keep the kids entertained.

Maybe I can keep them out of trouble.

I can give them a childhood with joy ingrained,

their parents can't and won't give them what I can.

From now on they belong to me; their Ghost-Nan.

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