ARTICLES: Poetry

The Witch's Complaint!

Sally the Witch is feeling vexed;
No spells to be worked, no one to be hexed,
And the rest of the coven is undersexed -
What is a girl to do?

She's run right out of pigeon's gall,
Her broomstick's due for an overhaul,
And she's blown a fuse on her crystal ball -
What is a girl to do?

Being a Witch is no more fun,
Now it's the thing for everyone -
Quid on the altar and get yourself done -
What is a girl to do?

She's fallen out with High Priest's wife,
And blunted the edge on her white-hilt knife;
She's lost her way on the Tree of Life -
What is a girl to do?
Alas!
What is a girl to do?

(Copyright Janet and Stewart Farrar, 1975)