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[Lizzie]

I admit, I missed the mark here, but now that you say that it falls into place 

There's not really a mark to miss, so nothing to worry about there. Thanks for the read.

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Coming in late here, but just to add to the list, I got an "ancient Egyptian mummy come to life" vibe from the poem, which I also enjoyed re-reading many times. "sick and dark air", "left in a cave", "leather skin", scuttling "scarabs" (which probably was the main trigger, but then going back over it, picked upon the others).

As Duke said, "a fine cascade of memorable verses"

TqB

Yeah, I can see the mummy angle too. Kind of fun that there's so many different possible interpretations. Thanks for the read, and welcome back.