Trial of the Lilithite - 5/7

Hung limply there, upon the air,
With great sea wall behind;
Her lovely dress a filthy mess,
Her voice fierce and unkind:

"THOU HATH SEEN ME MADE UNCLEAN,
STRIPPED OF ROMANIPEN¹
BECAUSE OF THEE, FOUL MOKADI² --
YET FATE'S WHEEL TURNS AGAIN."

Hovering there, she said a prayer,
"DEVLESA AVILAN³;
Then her face changed, her eyes deranged:
"BRING ME YOUR HOLY MAN."

With brow uncreased, our pious priest
Stepped up to break the spell:
"O foulest witch -- the Devil's bitch!
I cast thy soul to Hell!"

At Tucker's gaffe, she gave a laugh
And forked the Evil Eye;
"YOU AND YOUR KIN - THIS DEN OF SIN --
SHALL BE SO CURSED, SEZ I.

THY GAJE⁴ SCUM TOSSED ME TO CHUM,
AND I NOW FACE EXILE;
MY DEATH WAS HURRIED, I AM UNBURIED,
AND I HOLD YOU ALL ON TRIAL.

OF THY SONS BORN, MY DEEPEST SCORN --
LOWER'N PIGS IN MUD;
WALLOW THUS, SO RAVENOUS,
E'ER IN SEARCH OF BLOOD.

THY LADIES FAIR, I OFFER PRAYER
TO LILITH, QUEEN OF LUST;
OF DEADLY CURVES, AND KILLERS' NERVES,
TO TURN MEN'S WILL TO DUST."

Last (not least), she faced the priest,
As Tucker faced her tawse --
I saw him damned, his body rammed
Into his wooden cross.

FUSTANGIU!⁵ BULANGIU!!⁶
She shrieked at everyone,
The massive wave began to cave,
And we began to run.

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¹ Romanipen: One's ties, investment and loyalty to Romani culture.
² Mokadi: Unclean, as a dog; 'dirty dog'.
³ 'Devlesa avilan': Funeral utterance; 'It is God who brought you.'
⁴ Gaje: Non-Romani
⁵ Fustangiu: 'Skirt chaser'.
⁶ Bulangiu: 'Betrayer'.