More than Equal for M'Lady Pammy

story poem

 

More than equal.

 

 

The Moated Grange beside the lake

stands empty now and desolate.

The Marchioness burnt at the stake

 long years ago a gruesome fate.

 

She ruled the countryside by fear

for she possessed the evil eye.

The locals do not venture near.

No man is brave enough to buy.

 

Developers have thought to try

Prospect of profits uppermost.

But they withdraw I wonder why

 perhaps they fear her angry ghost

 

The grange is left to slow decay.

The Ivy on its grey stone walls

grows thicker every passing day

and will until the last stone falls.

 

Few men in living memory

 have dared defy the curse she placed.

Upon her house and property.

A curse that cannot be erased.

 

By prating priest or exorcists

The witches will defies them still.

Years come and go but she persists

 No exorcist can match her skill

 

She was defiant unto death

there was no way she would repent.

Pronounced her curse with her last breath

and swore it would be permanent.

 

Though long slow centuries have passed

her dying words have proven true.

A foolish legend from the past?

The local folk swear that it’s true.

 

Was the Machioness a witch?

There’s only tainted evidence

or just an overbearing b***h.

Who went too far and caused offence?

 

No man shall own that which was mine.

Thus swore the dying Marchioness.

She was most careful to define

 the male sex in her bitterness.

 

I am a rebel like she was

 and I defy men’s domination.

So she might favour me because

I am prepared to take men on..

 

When she defied the church and state

 she placed her life in jeopardy.

I mean to purchase her estate.

I rather think she will let me.

 

She knows I am a woman who

 is certain she will understand.

If I succeed; her curse will too

No man will ever own her land.

 

12-Jun-08

 

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Reviews

[Ray Hamilton]

Does this mean women rule the land?
Or are you just afraid of the curse
And will not buy as a Man LOL
I really enjoyed this
Thanks Ray { Not a Poet }