Skeleton Song

there's no room
in the catacompbs
no more room
in the friendly gloom
we’re happy in the catacombs
here inside our cosy tombs
no more trouble
no more fuss
don’t come here
disturbing us
take your bones
to a grave or your own
and leave us skeletons
alone

From Spooky Poems. Published by Bloomsbury, 2001.