A Special Place

this is a rewrite -- I was inspired to go back and take a look -- thanks Delmar -- and David Draiman, "Down with the Sickness"

There is a special place in
hell for some.
 
those who
would call
themselves
mother!

shameful
usurpers of
that revered
title.

Rosie didn't earn
it

when she held
her first
born son down
so dad could
beat him
with a 2 by 4

neither did
Maggie,
when she
whispered
"hussy" to
the daughter
she let her
husband visit
in the middle
of the night.

nor Dellie,
when she let
his stepdad
make her son
scrub his vomit
off the floor.

nor Andie,
who drowned
her offspring
one by one
by five.

and I have to believe

There's a special
place in hell
for women like
that.

Author's Note

The characters are based on stories I have heard. Andie refers to Andrea Yates, who was on death row in Texas for drowning all her children one by one like kittens in a tub. Her sentence was commuted to life. "Not guilty by reason of insanity"

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

The thing that drives me crazy is that I have friends who've been trying their whole lives to have children to no avail...then you get these dumb high school kids screwing around and popping out kids that usually wind up never knowing who their fathers are, or their mothers for that matter. You wouldn't believe this, but about ten years ago, my very small Nova Scotia hometown had the highest single mother rate per capita in the entire country...and I had nothing to do with it...by default...I don't care for my hometown a great deal haha What can I say, I'm really digging your vitriol today my friend, and am in total agreement with your sentiments...great work as always.

[David Scott]

I understand this...
Our family is caring for a young man who has been abused by his mother...
It is so sick because he wants to love her but he cannot. He feel bad because he is angry at the woman he is "supposed" to love...
It is tricky when these key influences are poisoned.
I do not wish hell on anyone, but I do feel a sadness it will be a place many need to go...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes. To be truthful, I had more empathy for bad moms before I became one. Then I saw how it just doesn't seem possible to want to harm a hair on their precious heads, and it becomes much more real and personal.

[David Scott]

Yes... My children have my heart. I do not se how it could be otherwise. I believe it is a sickness of the mind and the soul... It is a sin against oneself and another.

[Frieda P]

I hope with all my heart and soul you're right. An affecting read KL. This one gave me the shivers up and down my spine....

[Lyn Anderson]

That is its intention. And I honestly think this one is much better than my original piece. Delmar Cooper helped me, I just needed to step back from it so I could rewrite.

[Frieda P]

Mission accomplished...I don't recall the other to be honest, but you hit this one out of the ballpark, and then slammed it again.

[Tina Louise UK]

Oh God, sure hope so too...chilling read hun x

[Lyn Anderson]

I somehow missed this review at first. Anyway, thank you, it is a subject that literally angers me to my core since having kids.

[Delmar Cooper]

Yes, this revision is crystal clear and compelling. The prior version did not have this clarity.

[Lyn Anderson]

I thought so. It took a long step back, and a Delmar and a Draiman to revise it:)

[Madalyn Beck]

Powerful. The horrors that some people can do is just.. there are no words. There must be a special place in hell for them. Great write. Sad, tragic, and vengeful. xo :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, this is heavy...and there probably is...has to be.