The Gray Witch

A childhood adventure

Me and Thee

plus a dragon named Basil

We stormed the gates

of the gray witch’s castle

She was blind in one eye

couldn’t see out the other

Brave Bazzy roared

He thought she looked like Mother

We chased the foul woman

Down damp dark halls

Her fingernails sparking

While dragging stone walls

We climbed the great turret

Wet stone stairs into the black

We just missed the gray hag

She turned into a bat!

No fair, Mom!

We cried out to the night

Basil howled at the moon

I wish that we could fly

But we’re too little

So me and thee

our puppy in tow

Headed off to our cript

four coffins in a row

Mom and Dad

Me and Thee

And a pallet for our puppy named Basil