this infection

there is a witch, and she has strung
the people who she lives among
upon a wire that stretches through
a place you may have thought you knew.

she's in a state of well-renown.
she's feared by all who live in town.
they whisper underneath their breath
of who she'll bring next time to death.

if she finds you, she will greet
and show affection with her teeth.
you won't be missed. you won't be found - \
there's nothing left upon the ground.

she bakes the children into pies
and sprinkles the pies with children's lies
and no one's really quite sure why
they eat the pies of children's lies.

since she came, the sky is black.
there are no stars. the walls have cracks.
the moths have chewed up all the lace,
she has no plans to leave this place.

there is a witch, and she has strung
the people who she lives among
upon a wire that stretches through
a place you may have thought you knew.