Memory’s ghosts
speaking in tongues
of candlelight and shadows
haunt derelict mental corridors
their tenebrous impressions
etched into enchanted soulskin
soak fear-drenched dreams
with poignant visions
of kindred sisters
all outcasts and oddities
victims of religious fervor’s
unyielding malediction
accused
tried
convicted
destined to become
the hanging tree’s
human wind chimes
stirred by a phantom breeze
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