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Bathory's Bath
Countess Bathory looks in the mirror
Sees inside her deepest fear
Lines encroaching on her face
Age banishing her body's grace
The palace echoes with her wrath
The count is thus quick to draw her bath
Virgin's blood poured to the rim
Sweetly rising to the rim
But the count forgets the baby oil
So Bathory's blood begins to boil
She becomes a crone, starts to scream
And Her Vileness goes up in steam.
Sees inside her deepest fear
Lines encroaching on her face
Age banishing her body's grace
The palace echoes with her wrath
The count is thus quick to draw her bath
Virgin's blood poured to the rim
Sweetly rising to the rim
But the count forgets the baby oil
So Bathory's blood begins to boil
She becomes a crone, starts to scream
And Her Vileness goes up in steam.
Published 27th Dec 2014
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27th Dec 2014 3:38pm
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27th Dec 2014 4:06pm
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27th Dec 2014 3:45pm
i've always loved stories about the blood countess & if botox and collagen were around back then, she probably wouldn't have gotten such a bad rap lol
a great write crowfly
a great write crowfly
27th Dec 2014 3:53pm
And she probably wouldn't have to have sought recourse to virgin blood. I hope no one's trying that these days. Thanks, shadoe.
27th Dec 2014 4:00pm
Oh gosh, I love this. The Countess was an obsession of mine for a long while. You have evoked her spirit in perfect language and rhyme. Excellent work, crow.
27th Dec 2014 4:11pm
Thanks, Toni. I've often wondered how much truth there is to this. It could be strange enough to be factual.
Anonymous
27th Dec 2014 4:15pm
Beautifully dark and almost seductive in the he worships her...interesting write..love it!
27th Dec 2014 4:31pm
A dark enchanting write Crowfly you have so much knowledge always teaching me something new thank you with love Crim
Anonymous
27th Dec 2014 5:27pm
well if this isn't the perfect way to start a gloomy saturday, i don't know what is. i had to look her up and now i find myself quite fascinated. lovely write. thanks for sharing!
27th Dec 2014 11:25pm
3rd Jan 2015 4:58pm
Siiiimple recipe. I wrote "Elizabeth of Bathory, Did Her Bet Slip Past Me?" a few years back, after a dream of being blackmailed into serving as Elizabeth's kidnapper.
The subject is gruesome and fascinating. Thanks for writing this crowfly!
The subject is gruesome and fascinating. Thanks for writing this crowfly!
5th Jan 2015 11:15pm
