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The Haunted Woman

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She was from Kentucky

Her family harbored

The popular illusion that

They owned people

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He came up to her at an event

And said, “Ma’am, I want

To dance with you in the worst

Way,” and he did

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They had four children,

Only one of whom survived them

Her life, as you can imagine,

Broke apart

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She outspent the White House

Budget many times

Decorating, socializing

Her husband despaired

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The war over,

A measure of peace

That lasted for more or less

Two days for him, for her

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She was there when

He was killed,

Heard the Latin cursing

Of the actor turned assassin

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She lived a while longer

Seated beside her life that

Never happened

She remains in Springfield

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She is a shadow person

Loyal, if distracted

She lived the status

And now claims a legacy

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C L Couch

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Mary Todd Lincoln with the “ghost” of her husband, in an image taken by spirit photographer William H. Mumler. Mumler’s photos are now considered hoaxes.

Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20276887

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