{"id":27937,"date":"2016-05-22T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T09:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=27937"},"modified":"2016-05-22T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T09:29:49","slug":"little-mary-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/little-mary-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Mary Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Society the bane of<br \/>\nLife&#8217;s experiences abroad<br \/>\nMary Bell born into Hell<br \/>\nExistence her reward<\/p>\n<p>A drunken aggressive father figure<br \/>\nA humbled prostitute mother<br \/>\nLiving in a ScottsWood slum<br \/>\nIn a family like no other<\/p>\n<p>There was little or no affection<br \/>\nWith isolation yours<br \/>\nAn untimeliness of circumstance<br \/>\nFor whatever cause<\/p>\n<p>A child born in this mayhem<br \/>\nSo much antipathy<br \/>\nWould probably go inside herself<br \/>\nA reactionary<\/p>\n<p>Inquisitive and adventurous<br \/>\nBut kind of lost at sea<\/p>\n<p>She created a kind of camouflage<br \/>\nIn the hope that she might break<br \/>\nThe bonds that tied her mentally<br \/>\nAnd for her own sake<\/p>\n<p>Developed an inventiveness<br \/>\nShe needed that to be<br \/>\nFor she saw herself as the youngest saddest<br \/>\nSoul in her family<\/p>\n<p>Battles unreported tore her home apart<br \/>\nSo switching off and entering her inner thoughts<br \/>\nWas a start<br \/>\nTo escaping all the vileness<br \/>\nAnd her wandering about<br \/>\nThe streets of old Newcastle<br \/>\nWas always worth a shout<\/p>\n<p>She lived in a place called ScottsWood<br \/>\nA slum worthy of naught<br \/>\nNeighbours mostly petty thieves<br \/>\nFor them their brand of sport<\/p>\n<p>You watched your back<br \/>\nYou feared the worst<br \/>\nAnd thus was where young Mary Bell<br \/>\nLived and felt accursed<\/p>\n<p>Who knows what sort of diet<br \/>\nShe had one can but guess<br \/>\nIt was bloody awful<br \/>\nImbalanced and  full on stress<\/p>\n<p>The smell of puke and alcohol<br \/>\nAnd dogs mess everywhere<br \/>\nAnd her mothers frantic sexual bouts<br \/>\nTo augment family care<\/p>\n<p>And so young Mary streetwise<br \/>\nFound a friend in Norma bell<br \/>\nAn innocent little child next door<br \/>\nNot especially bright as well<\/p>\n<p>And the two got paired up<br \/>\nAnd Mary found her way<br \/>\nOf manipulating Norma<br \/>\nWho would look the other way<\/p>\n<p>And so herstory tells us<br \/>\nThese two began their jaunt<br \/>\nMary was very intelligent<br \/>\nAnd attractive and their haunt<\/p>\n<p>Was all around the area<br \/>\nAnd her big eyes came in play<br \/>\nPeople were drawn to look at her<br \/>\nBut then often look away<\/p>\n<p>She captivated people<br \/>\nAnd frightened people too<br \/>\nA cold stare put the wind up folks<br \/>\nShe was kind of sanpaku<\/p>\n<p>Mary killed two little boys<br \/>\nStrangled them Yes she<br \/>\nFavoured strangulation<br \/>\nFor her  possibly<\/p>\n<p>She herself felt strangled<br \/>\nBy her circumstances there<br \/>\nAlways she was feeling<br \/>\nLike fighting coming up for  air<\/p>\n<p>With her sidekick Norma<br \/>\nAnd her supremacy<br \/>\nA sort of puppet master<br \/>\nOf seniority<\/p>\n<p>She made all the decisions<br \/>\nNorma the supporting role<br \/>\nWhatever the reason<br \/>\nBoth little boys<br \/>\nLives were ended this their role<\/p>\n<p>In life to be suspended<br \/>\nThey were lost to kingdom come<br \/>\nMary always denied the crime<br \/>\nIn a way perhaps  was numb<\/p>\n<p>To the principle of Murder<br \/>\nShe was lost in infamy<br \/>\nOf her circumstance a child recruit<br \/>\nIsolated tragically<\/p>\n<p>From reality whatever that was<br \/>\nUtterly Disengaged within<br \/>\nWhere there was only chaos<br \/>\nTranslated by some as sin<\/p>\n<p>And so began a sentence<br \/>\nIn another place<br \/>\nFor 12 years she was incarcerated<br \/>\nLost without a trace<\/p>\n<p>Remembering those little boys<br \/>\nThe victims so to say<br \/>\nStrangled thus prevented<br \/>\nTo breathe another day<br \/>\nThat inevitability<br \/>\nThat hope extinguished by<br \/>\nSomeone else&#8217;s hands around<br \/>\nYour throat<br \/>\nUntil you die<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Society the bane of Life&#8217;s experiences abroad Mary Bell born into Hell Existence her reward A drunken aggressive father figure A humbled prostitute mother Living in a ScottsWood slum In a family like no other There was little or no &hellip; 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