#100MonstrousPoems 7: Banshee

Listen, I’m just upset, ok? Not gonna lie.
Can’t a woman sit up here and have a good cry?
I mean, Jesus, who am I supposed to be harming?
I’m sorry you find my distress so alarming!
I’ll try to be quieter, but “Howling and screeching”?
I got a bit teary, but you’re… kinda reaching.


Look, sometimes I just really get in my feelings:
You’re under a curse, and you’re not even dealing!
And no, I’m not sad! This is simply frustration:
You know, correlation’s not always causation!
But still, on the day that your doom comes upon you
You’ll swear it’s the banshee that brought it all on you!

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