The Deserted Cottage

The Deserted Cottage

The deserted cottage hadn’t always been so
Over many years, humans had gone to and fro
The first to move in were a newly married couple
They had planted a young spruce, it was oh so supple

After living peacefully there for over thirty years,
The woman died one night, leaving her man in tears
But an autopsy was performed, the husband arrested
For she’d been poisoned drinking wine unprotected

He drank none, having bought it just that day
Had whiskey instead; neat, not his usual way
The wine contained trace amounts of arsenic
Enough to give someone quite a kick

He’d purchased an insurance policy that covered him and her
A million dollar one, that couldn’t be transferred
Found guilty, he was sentenced to life without parole,
Try as they might, his lawyers found no loophole

A couple with two children moved in one year later
But kept hearing whispers about ‘meeting their creator’
They moved out quickly, put the cottage up for sale
Another couple bought it; they had not heard the tales

They lasted three months before the wife called him crying,
She’d heard voices in the wall saying, “Someone is dying.”
The cottage was for sale again, this time no one bit,
It seemed to be a haunted cottage, no one wanted it

One day Brad and Barry from Discovery Channel’s Ghost Lab
Came to the cottage to investigate, see what could be had
Using high tech devices to record that ghostly voice
Listening to the recording, Brad knew they’d made the right choice

The first thing they heard, was “My husband is innocent.
He would never hurt me, I find that thought repugnant”
Brad was amazed, for the evidence was overwhelming
So they listened a little more to the story the voice was telling

“The man who killed me, was my lover from the liquor store
We were so in love, he wanted me as his forever more
And when I refused to go with him, he put arsenic in the wine
Wanted to kill my husband, but he had crossed the line

Instead he killed the one he loved, and blamed it on poor Nick
But the man who belongs in prison, is that bastard Rick.”
In an unprecedented move, the prosecutor re-opened the case,
Nick ended up being freed while Rick; well, he took Nick’s place

Jim Dorrell
11/12/10