His darkened eyes awaken in Caligari's cabinet
Cesar sleepwalks the earth, stalking his
master's victims
Haunted by his demonic mirror image &
its deeds
The student of Prague shoots his reflection,
killing himself
Mad King Louis XI chortles gleefully at the
beloved rogue
Barrymore has met his match in the unbalanced
monarch
The man who laughs had the final laugh
Dea sees beauty 'neath Gwynplaine's grinning
visage
He was Chopin, Richard III, Paganini
He was the man who cheated life with the
hands of Orlac
Travelling from the Indian Tomb to the Orient
His shadows flicker upon the screen
His doppelgangers abound, they Jekyll &
Hyde
Taking center stage in a waxworks' tableau
His tortured souls dance with Death
He gives the last performance in silence...
Copyright © 1998 by William D. Eggert.