Spring Heeled Jack

Spring heeled Jack

Run, Rose Run!

Skeleton on the roof

Devil's on the lawn.

Jumping in the air

At the height of a shriek

The furthest Jack's flown,

Is the length of a scream.

Cobblestone sirens

Bobbies come to flog,

A demon in the wind-

A ghost of the marsh.

Two little jacks 

Counting bucks in a row

One bounces back,

The other slits a throat.

Every corner turned,

Near the alley of the bells

Blue flame, white flame,

Bats out of Hell.