ODE TO A WITCH

DOLORES TO PADDY SLADE SEPTEMBER 1991.

OH CALL NOT THE WITCH FROM HER BREWING
IF YOU WISH TO LIVE HEALTHY AND LONG
YOU’D BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
YES YOU’D BETTER BE RIGHT AND NOT WRONG.

OH DISTURB NOT THE WITCH IN HER CHANTING
EVEN THO’ SHE MAY SOUND LIKE A HEN
ONE SLIP IN HER DEEP CONCENTRATION
AND YOU’LL END UP ON TOP OF BIG BEN

OH DETER NOT THE WITCH FROM HER PATHWAY
AND PLUCK NOT THE TWIGS FROM HER BROOM
YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF ARSE DEEP IN TROUBLE
OR EVEN EN ROUTE TO YOUR TOMB.

OH ROUSE NOT THE WITCH FROM HER SLUMBERS
AS SHE RIDES ON THE NUMBER NINE BUS
ESPECIALLY IF SHE IS SMILING
SHE MAY BE WITH A MALE INCUBUS

OH BOW TO THE WITCH AS SHE GATHERS
HER HERBS IN THE FRESH MORNING DEW
ITS BEST TO BE SAFER THAN SORRY
OR THE FROG IN THAT POND MAYBE YOU.

©1991 Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki