Minto, come away, you've had a hard life
your belly's been ripped apart, with nought to show
your master tired of grafting
searching for a prettier face.
Nelly and Mary were you raped in your youth?
were you killers of both children and men?
you were treated like whores
cast aside on the heap
Jenny Gray , are you there? Or lost in time
creeping into the memories of breathless men
they loved you too much
to what cost?
Josephine, Oh queen, oh witch, volatile wench
your fiery depth, the lure of all greed
ten honest men entombed
on your Halloween
Michael, conquered the tide, held back the well
rich beyond dreams, was justice ever yours
once the prize of the land
a fight beyond mortal men
Frances, you were drowning, or so they said
no good for the cost, a sacrificial lamb.
keep your treasure locked
wait for resurrection
continuum, a back bone tired and destroyed
cruel death and disease replaced by depressions.
community soul passed on
to other pursuits
memorial, raise your defiant head in the blistering rays
shadowed in Benarty's bulk beyond the rising Loch
silenced, while children play oblivious
The cage closes, sealed forever
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