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WITCH!

 
Raise holy fire your spirit’s proof  
And hold to faith that heaven’s Judge  
Eternity your soul command  
 
J’accuse! with 13 women found  
in midnight light held Satan’s feast  
*to gain the herbs that heal and mend*  
 
J’accuse! that in your devil’s curse  
And hex you froze the farmer’s arm  
*with spider bite the beatings stopped*  
 
J’accuse! plying young maids such tales  
Of love ribald corrupt their souls  
*to learn that both should pleasure take*  
 
J’accuse! that from first mother’s birth  
The baby steal as devil’s toll  
*to spare the mother stillborn pain*  
 
J’accuse! in herbal taint dissuade  
The womb no child to hold or bare  
*would kill good wife to bare again*  
 
Raise holy fire your spirit’s proof  
And hold to faith that heaven’s Judge  
Eternity your soul command  
Written by Hepcat61 (geoff cat)
Published
Author's Note
An entry in the "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" competition
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