lawlessness celebrated
Saturnalia, Roman pagans
closed the courts,

must be the
season of
the witch,

every shape,
every line of the
witch combines 
spiritual product of
natural forces,                                                                            

widespread intoxication,                 
singing naked, sexual
license,

must be the                                    
season of
the witch,

a new species
discovers a wildlife
Eden,

Christianity
imported Saturnalia
hoping on a take-over
of the pagans,

Must be the                                    
season of
the witch, 

through trial
and instinct, witches
have come to know what
owls have known for centuries,                                                                                   

there was
nothing Christian
about Saturnalia,
Christian leaders
named Saturnalia’s
concluding day,
December 25th,
to be Jesus’ birthday,

must be the                                   
season of                                         
the witch, 

to explain 
to the novice
mortal, the witch
tells of non-typical
buck deer antlers that
stray from natural growth
unlike typical antlers which
conform to the norm,                                       
                                                            
Pagan Holidays
metamorphosed
into Christian ones.
Pagans had long
worshipped trees
in the forest, brought
them into their homes,
decorated them, this
observance was adopted,
painted with a Christian
veneer by the Church,

must be the
season of                                                                         
the witch,

October, the
month of burning
leaves and burning
witches,

The Christian custom
of kissing under the
mistletoe is a later
synthesis of the
sexual license of
Saturnalia with the
Druidic sacrificial cult,

must be the
season of
the witch, 

district wildlife
manager thanks 
the witch for discouraging
the bear to take the bait trap
of honey, wildberry jam and
oatmeal from the poachers,                                                                 

Christmas celebrates
the birth of the Christian
god who came to rescue
mankind from the
"curse of the Torah,"

must be the                                 
season of                                    
the witch,

National Wildlife
Federation gives the
witch license for the broom
to sweep away timbering contracts,                                     

Christmas customs,
Christmas trees, mistletoe,
Christmas presents, and
Santa Claus are modern
incarnations of the most
depraved pagan rituals
ever practiced on earth,

must be the                                         
season of 
the witch,

the witch is
a product where
frontiers are still wild,
her workings of nature
raising awareness that
pagan customs emerge in
art form from the easel and
the cornhusk doll to the art of
brewing wassail,                                                                                       
                                                                
biblical mistletoe,                                 
evergreen parasitic,

must be the                                      
season of                                           
the witch.

the fox is
still the wisest
animal bred for
the Tarot of the Witch,

must be the
season of
the witch.

Copyright 11/18/2009 Ms. Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist