Cauldron Anthology Issue 3: Year 1 Collection Cauldron Anthology Year One Issue FINAL 1.17.18 | Page 68

Daring Besty
Elisabeth Horan
Heavens to Betsy
Remember to curtsy
Not bow, you’re wearing a dress
For God’s sake
Japanese wine is for
Geishas
to serve - Don’t
you dare drink it -
With me watching - Don’t
you dare
to look me in the eyes.
I’ll get it out of you
and send a bill for the Kimono, too - Get
your feet in the
fucking shoes
If they get bigger
You’ll be an
unfuckable cow - No one wants
a cow to keep
Unless, except to eat
Remember that when you get
thirsty for meat.
And don’t you
ever drink from the cup of
The Man
that keeps you either.
Fill it, wash it, serve it, you don’t deserve it.
Plus, there may be a curious
whiff of poison -
The best thing
Betsy ever did before
she went
to Heaven.