Dialogue Poem
(Yummy candy)
Tell me! Loudly, louder! Eh?
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Pourquoi, say poh-ko-aa… means why
In French. Why? Yes, why! No! Why
French, all of a sudden?
In between an investigation?
Seems like a classic case of burglary to me.
Oi!! Footsteps! Oh! You stepped on the clue!
Huh, sorry, I did? Where?
No, oh, wait I’ll stand here
Or should I stand next to you?
Stay put you… you!
Pourquoi, say poh-ko-aa… means why
In French. Not again! But why?
Caleb please, stick to English!
Note down his name, he is oddly palish
Staring at us, a nut-job!
Ah-ha! His handprints on the door knob!
But he is the one who called, he is the owner.
No, he is not the owner!
Is he? Well, we’ll see, we’ll see.
Oh, a bloodied knife near the shrubbery?
Pourquoi, say poh-ko-aa… means why
In French. Why are you telling me this, Caleb? Why?
A lovely app, see here, language learning app!
Get lo– Why’s the tap wearing a cap?
Where? There! Oh, red spots again, call back-up, this is a gang—
(Bang, bang, bang!)
(Footsteps, door, footsteps)
Caleb, told you, he’s a nut-job, shot himself
“You f-f-found the knif-f-fe, cap on the tap, f-f-footprints, the deaf-f-f
Cat saw me, aaaahhh, am dying, am dead, am dying, am dead,
But of-f-ficers, know this-s-s, the dead body… is dead…”
What!!?? Hey, hey!! Wake up! Oh! Caleb, he killed someone, he
Is, was a murderer! I’ll call the team, give me the key!
Am not staying with a dead body, you stay here, it is always me!
Why? Tell me, why? WHY?
Pourquoi, say poh-ko-aa… and you’ll know why
In French.
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