on those nights when a newborns cries are endlessly
and it cannot find sleep
you can be sure that something sinister is in the air
this horror has nothing human about it any more
a soul - tormented
appearance- unclean
bare scarlet skin
her speech is bestial and crazed
restless - wandering around
it lacks any form of empathy
with cunning and treachery she robs you of your offspring
only to leave behind a changeling - disdainful and hideous
what a vile spawn! what a vile spawn!
blasphemous howls sound from the perverted cradle
but now act with reason
for no rope around its neck
and no cleansing fire
can give you back your heirs
instead, throw the infernal beast into a pit
and whip it with a birch branch
wet its unnatural skin with water from an eggshell and claim what is yours
so that the mother of the monster may reveal herself
and in exchange for your flesh and blood
she and her unnatural breed may disappear back into the woods
where she may be banished for eternity
