[syndicate] The Salem Witches of Simone Weil

[jeff harrison]

THE ILIAD, POEM OF MIGHT 

once under ash, Sarah Buckley borrowed 
her alarms from those under ink 
but to be under (even once), to be under ash 

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INTIMATIONS OF CHRISTIANITY 
AMONG THE ANCIENT GREEKS 

it is a fact that Bridget Bishop was born in 1634 
but to be Bridget Bishop, to be born 

it's known Bishop was accused of witchcraft 
by more individuals than any other witchcraft defendant 
but to be accused, to be accused of witchcraft 

Bishop was described as wearing a black cap, 
a black hat, & a red paragon bodice bordered 
& ribboned with different colors 
but to be described, to wear a black cap 

when Bishop was arrested in 1692, she 
was no stranger to the courthouse, having 
been previously charged (& cleared) in 1680 
but to see the year 1692, to be no stranger 

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THE THINGS OF THE WORLD 

with (as in akin only) the rivers, 
you'll never grey, Hannah Carrell 
but to be with, to be with as in akin only 

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THE FATHER'S SILENCE 

"Sir, I never complied with Satan but pray 
against him all my days. What would you have me do?" 
but to never comply, to pray against Satan 

Sarah Good would scold & curse 
neighbors unresponsive 
to her requests for charity 
but to scold, to scold & curse neighbors 

"If you take away my life God will give 
you blood to drink," Good told Minister Noyes, 
who later died of internal hemorrhage, 
bleeding profusely at the mouth 
but to take away my life, to be given blood to drink 

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LETTER TO GEORGES BERNANOS 

know the lead is dust, then know 
the gold is Mary English's dropped footprints, 
as a stitch is dropped, where she was to walk 
but to know the lead, to know the lead is dust 

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WAITING FOR GOD 

saith that wee did Judg then that thay both diead 
of a malignant fever and has no suspiction of wichcraft 
of aney nether Can wee acues the prisner at the bar 
but to judge then, to judge of two deaths 

Rebecca Nurse was buried in a grave light enough 
that some body parts were exposed. 
but to be buried, to be buried yet exposed 

on July 3, 1692, Reverend Noyes had Nurse 
brought from her prison cell to the church, where 
she was excommunicated in front of the congregation 
but to live that July, on the third of that July 

Ann Putnam testified 13 ghosts (9 of children) 
came to her in their winding sheets & cried for justice 
of being murdered by Rebecca Nurse 
but to be a vengeful child, to be in a winding sheet 

 		
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