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The blue house at the corner of Twilight and State 
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Four storeys, soaring turrets, floors of wood parquet        
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And owls, so many owls, snowy, horned and screech 
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Thousands of owls, all flapping their wings 

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How I love the marble staircase, the claw-footed tubs 
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The room of rare orchids, the glass hall for my guns 

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Statues of pharaohs, 20 feet tall,  
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crystal chandeliers, rare paintings of clowns 

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But the owls, so many owls, I'm never alone 
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The owls make this blue house a home 

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How peaceful it is to watch them soar 
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Through the palm-tree ballroom with its gold-paneled doors 
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And as I sit by the fire and slip off my boots 
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They perch on harpoons and the stuffed heads of moose 

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The apothecary closet is lined with shelves 
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But deeper than expected and slanted as well 

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How long have I been here searching for my pills 
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As the ceiling grows upward and the walls start to swell 

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Oh, the owls, the owls, with their feathers of silk 
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The owls, they mock me and have stolen my pills 

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Oh the owls, the owls, with their shining green eyes 
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The owls, they will save me, if not today then tonight 

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