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erniet's avatar

Oh, Jerusalem!

Shalem...Salem, promised land...

Why slay your daughters?

Honeygloom's avatar

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live🤷‍♀️

erniet's avatar

Yup.

Ken Flyingheart's avatar

Hysteria sent

Nineteen pairs of dangling feet

Towards unjust ends

Honeygloom's avatar

I love the double meaning you give ‘end’ there: end of life / end of the rope🖤 Very cool!

David Perlmutter's avatar

...not to mention Parris' Caribbean slave, Tituba, who inadvertently started the whole mess...

Honeygloom's avatar

She was accused first by the Parris children, then he beat a confession out of her and coached her afterwards. It’s probably not fair to put any blame on her. She kind of had to do as she was told.

Amos's avatar

Stuck, far from action.

Salem. Bored. No teen high jinks.

Mean girls need drama.

Honeygloom's avatar

A sickening thought, but definitely a factor. Well said🖤

Richbee's avatar

Salem became

A burning stick

A cancer smoker

Burning society.

Honeygloom's avatar

Awesome! This is such a good analogy!

Ika Wright's avatar

What a wicked man and what wicked followers. Good one @Honeygloom.

Honeygloom's avatar

Oof, yeah, those were dark times 😔

David Perlmutter's avatar

Arthur Miller certainly got their relationship right in "The Crucible".