Saturday, May 25, 2013

Depth Charge

The townspeople said that a witch gave birth in a boat
And threw the newborn into the lake
The lake upon which the boat with the witch was sitting
What happened then
Was that the witch's baby sank like a stone to the bottom of the lake
And chewed through the lake bottom to the center of the Earth
To join the thriving Witch-Baby Community Activities Colony
Where each and every witch-baby has an equal voice
Regarding the governance of their deep underground dwelling
The townspeople killed the witch when she arrived back on shore
Beating her to death with lacquered wooden oars
The witch did not scream or attempt to resist her fate
Because she had done her part to create a true meritocracy
At the center of the Earth

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