DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES
Lizzie Bordon 1860 - 1927
In the era of cotton mills and factories,
in Fall River, Ma., lived a man and four ladies
Mr.& Mrs Bordon, his two daughters, a maid,
whose testimony might well have saved
Lizzie Bordon from being duly executed
even though her alibi was much disputed
Her dismal life run by her strict father;
her step-mother was such a bother
It is said to have sent her into a rage
her eyes grew big and she set out to wage
war against them when no one was around
maddeningly angry for being housebound
Upstairs she picked up an axe
and gave her step-mother fourty whacks
Then she went downstairs and bludgeoned
her father on the couch with fourty-one
The house was indeed a bloody mess
Among the tell-tale clues was a bloody dress
She likely burned it, so no evidence
No one believed in her innocence
She silenced them forever, acquitted in the end
lived a life of solitude with nary a friend
It was the maid wot did it? Great verse.
ReplyDeleteLizzie Borden, I forgot about her. She's a classic murderer. I'd love to hear her side of the story, in her voice.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like she remained housebound.
ReplyDeleteOh those female killers are in a way scarier... excellent choice.
ReplyDeleteNicely retold story!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good story Kathy ~ That was really a mess ~
ReplyDeleteNice write! I actually thought about doing mine around Lizzy Borden! But then I went a completely different direction in the end. I've always found her story, or what we know of it, fascinating.
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