Wheel of Fortune

May 8, 2019

Baba Yaga's Cat

I want to come back
as Baba Yaga's cat
and save all the young girls
with flowers in their hair.
The #metoo movement
is not a fairytale.
But I think that old, skinny witch
will let me weave
rainbows on her loom,
to guide them home.
There will be no pot of gold at trail's end,
just safety, and sun
and sun
and sun.

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Author's Note: Baba Yaga is a Slavic witch who may be evil, but just as well benign to those that are brave and pure of heart. In one tale Baba Yaga's cat helps a young innocent girl escape the witche's kettle. I think BABA knew all along.


Tarot of the Crone--Grandmother of Disks--Homemaker--Build love into the world, sustain it with your hands.