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20 The Wicked Witch
1
We have turned the thing inside out,
All the history of the mystics,
With facts we find too hard to read,
That is the story of the witches.
2
Most everything hinged upon,
Science that was unreliable,
The unknown was just filled in,
With all things supernatural.
3
And it didn’t help the case at all,
That old women were on their own,
That if your husband died,
You were poor, and all alone.
4
So if you are the Inquisition,
And need a devil for the rack,
Condemn the weakest of them all,
Bring the poor widow lady back.
5
Of course we have to test the widow,
Before we burn her at the stake,
Indeed, we must get it right,
There can be no mistake.
6
So we will dip her in the water,
There’s perfect logic in the theory,
If she drowns then she is innocent,
And if she lives then she is guilty.
7
There is irony in the trial,
And still more in the twist,
Guilty of being something,
That does not even exist.