The Strange(r) Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(with apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson)
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You started off part of me
but you made my mind untidy
so with all my mental clout
I sought a way to force you out
Thus was born a terror
from my scientific error
and if hubris is a crime
I could not live out my time
Then they branded me a menace
but it was you who killed in Venice,
in Paris, in Berlin,
Though I tried to rein you in…
Over time you grew much bolder
never softer, only colder
I was “Henry” less and less
to my growing distress
So finally you’ve pushed me
to the point where I cannot see
anything but desperate acts
I have to face the facts
A fall would surely kill you
and I know that I will die too
but I’m just cashing in
the wages of our sin…
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