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Caretaker

In a wondrous wintry setting
The Hotel Overlook
Closes for the winter
So there's no need to book
Take your pick of rooms
They'll all be empty
Except for 237
Contains a mad lady
The kitchen is enormous
Every type of knife
And outside there is a maze
Which may just save your life
Every now and then
You'll spot two murdered girls
With bloodstains on their shoes
And their dresses and their curls
You'll meet Mr. Grady
Eccentric Maitre 'd
And there's Lloyd the barman
Who'll let you drink for free
Last, by no means least
The caretaker is Jack
He's got axe and baseball bat
And he'll give you a whack
Try the radio
No-one can hear your pleas
It's a ghost house, not a guest house
Staffed by dead employees
Have you worked it out yet?
You cannot get away
A little bit of REDRUM
Is the order of the day
Here comes Jack, he's screaming
In a haunted, murderous haze
'Time to take your medicine!'
You could always try the maze
So your only hope
Is that he freezes in the snow
You'll become caretaker
For there's nowhere else to go...

Inspired by The Shining.
Thank You,
Stanley Kubrick

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Comments & Feedback (15)

Loving this my sweet...The Shining is up there as one of my fave great films...brilliant👏👏😘😘

@misslittleDHP thank you Kim, appreciate that. And 💋 for that lovely RP 👍😘

This is great. Loved the book and the film. Here's Johnny!!〽

@eddie12309 cheers hunny! Glad you enjoyed it 👍😘❤

My fav ever book and still to this day the only film that really shit the life out of me. Excellent poem mate 😜👻

@glen thanks mate, appreciate that. And 🍻 cheers for that RP sir 👍😊

Excellent, Stephen king fan here! Well done! 😱

@rracmada thank u sir. Though more a Stanley Kubrick fan than Stephen King. And cheers 🍻 for that RP 👍😊

@Mundy thank you for that RP, appreciated 👍😊

Brill! And so is the movie 😽😽

@sjw thanks sienna ❤ and 💋 for that RP 😘👍

@leelee101 yes Kubrick apart from the disastrous Eyes Wide Shit

Oops Freudian slip.... I meant shut😃

@eddie12309 ooo I think u got it right the first time hunny... 👍❤😘

Still one of my favourite films....altho spookily reminds me of my dad in parts 😱

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