“She comes by night, in fearsome flight,
In garments black as pitch,
the queen of doom upon her broom,
the wild and wicked witch,
a crackling crone with brittle bones
and dessicated limbs,
two evil eyes with warts and sties
and bags about the rims,
a dangling nose, ten twisted toes
and fold of shriveled skin,
cracked and chipped and crackled lips
that frame a toothless grin.
She hurtles by, she sweeps the sky
and hurls a piercing screech.
As she swoops past, a spell is cast
on all her curses reach.
Take care to hide when the wild witch rides
to shriek her evil spell.
What she may do with a word or two
is much too grim to tell.”
- The Witch by Jack Prelutsky
Stay safe out there.
With love,
Saaniya and Maddie x
Sources:
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ms-witchdance/
https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/houston-mantee-ms/151-witch-dance.html
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mississippi/recarea/?recid=82485
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/mississippi/witch-dance-haunted-campground-in-ms/
