Corpse One: Hex/Wiz/Seat/Corpse
Hex: some Pennsy-Dutch
décor.
Wiz: Oz oligarch of yore.
Seat: soft spot when butts are sore.
Corpse: one damn cadaver.
Corpse Two: Hecht's/Whiz/It/Corpse
Hecht's: defunct department store.
Whiz: that ersatz cheese you pour.
It: part Bow,* part Addams lore.**
Corpse: yes, ma'am: cadaver.
* Clara the It Girl
** The Addams Family's cousin It.
Corpse Three: Egg/Squeeze/"Sit!"/ Corpse
Egg: what comes before the chick.
Squeeze: a baseball bunter's trick.
"Sit!": command to Spot or Vic.
Corpse: grand-slam: cadaver.
Corpse Four: Aix/Quiz/Zit/Corpse
Aix: The Great Chas* knew it best.
Quiz: a small exam, a test.
Zit: no adolescent jest.
Corpse: press'd ham: cadaver.
* I.e., Charlemagne with reference
to his palace complex
at Aachen
Corpse Five: Haig's/Swiss/Hit/Corpse
Haig's: "This junk belongs to Al."
Swiss: not unlike Emmenthal.
Hit: ...but who would shoot a pal?
Corpse: lost lamb: cadaver.
Corpse Six: Aches/Oui!/Sid/Corpse
Aches: first fruits of one's malaise.
Oui!: like 'si!' but en Francaise.
Sid: from TV's golden days.*
Corpse: Vet (Nam) cadaver.
* Caesar (the comic not the emperor)
Corpse Seven: X/Wheeze/Zed/Corpse
X: Abu Kamil's* unknown.
Wheeze: how labor'd breathing's shown.
Zed: initializes 'zone.'
Corpse: Go! Scram, cadaver!
* One Arabic algebr'ist
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