Wednesday, February 06, 2008

'THE BLISTER SISTERS"

I passed it this morning, on the wall was a sign
The name had changed, to School of Arts and Design
I stood there looking in, now that was a change
I stared through the gates as this was quite strange
In the poem "The Long Can", I had wrote about this place
Where the nuns took in laundry and young girls in disgrace
They had done that forever, even before I was born
They worked round the clock, through night and morn
The young girls suffered, at the hand of the sisters
Who had no trouble at all dishing out blisters
Now, why the change what brought this about
Could it be some of the girls, escaped, got out?
Yes, this is true and the stories been told
By four young girls, who were strong and bold
The Magdalene Sisters, ran Good Shepherd Convent
With the cheapest of labor in any Continent
Getting pregnant out of wedlock, was a major embarrassment
As the Church and Parents, forced them in harassment
The girls were young and for their sins had to pay
The children that were born there, were just given away
The Magdalene's were well known throughout Europe
With operations the same and the girls with no hope
Well time changes everything, like day into night
Now the Convents Laundries, are no longeer in sight
Who's to blame, for what took place
Was it he, who created the Human Race?
"Gods" not to blame, he gave humans a mind
With the ability to reason, be fair and be kind
The lesson here, is to learn how to live
As for the sins commited, learn to forgive
Michael Christopher Daly
Oct. 9, 2005