he was a most peculiar man that s what mrs reardon says and she should know she lived upstairs from him she said he was a most peculiar man he was a most peculiar man he lived all alone within a house within a room within himself a most peculiar man he had no friends he seldom spoke and no one in turn ever spoke to him cause he wasn t friendly and he didn t care and he wasnt like them oh no he was a most peculiar man he died last saturday he turned on the gas and he went to sleep with the windows closed so he d never wake up to his silent world and his tiny room and mrs reardon says he has a brother somewhere who should be notified soon and all the people said what a shame that he s dead but wasn t he a most peculiar man 