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selkiebells, selkiebells

don't look in the well

By EssiePublished 11 months ago 1 min read

revenge to seek, and anger to quell

she’ll seek: that selkie selkiebell

and she’ll do it well.

she’ll seek and seek

and quell quell quell

silk silk silk

don’t look in the well

well, well well, strung up like a bell.

can’t catch them now,

can’t see into the shell.

well, well, well.

you look quite swell.

ballina blue and yellow

ballina blue and hell

you’ll stay here

till you’re agile

you’ll stay here

till you’re fragile

all your life,

you’ll hear the

strike

of the selkie selkie bells.

for the rest of your life

and after, so twice;

you’ll hear the strike

of the selkie selkiebells

of the selkie selkiebells.

run for your life

don’t swim, don’t cry

when you hear the SELKIEBELLS!

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About the Creator

Essie

Brambling, atypical logorrhoea that really materialise in the form of hatching worms. Or stars.

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