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Mary Bell (1957-) was raised in “Rat Alley”, an inner-city English suburb. Her mother, a single parent, was an abusive prostitute and was away from home a great deal. She was a very bright child but her intensity and violent mood shifts frightened her peers.In 1968, at the age of 11 and with help from a friend, she strangled two small boys to death. She was released from prison in 1980 under the protection of anonymity, and is now a grandmother.

This one's for Mary.

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I asked Mr. Foster,
"Mr. Foster, please tell me
Are there animals in the world
That do not have teeth?
Do not have teeth?"
He said, "I don't know dear Mary,
What do you think?"
This is his way of getting me to think hard
Of getting me to think

Which do not have teeth
Which do not have teeth

Where I live there are dogs and there are rats and there are cats
But they all have teeth
Yes they all have teeth
Yes they all have teeth
Yes they all have teeth

And we all have teeth
Even if they're fake teeth
And some may be missing
Or pointier than others...
Come to think of it
Why would God ever
Make an animal without teeth,
Like a baby boy or bird?
Like a baby boy or bird?

How foolish that would be.

If I were God I wouldn't make things without teeth
Unless they were only meant
For trouble in the end.
Are there things that are made
Just for others to unmake?
Is this how God thinks?

And does God have teeth?

Do you think God has teeth?
Do you think God has teeth?
Do you think God has teeth?

And we all have teeth
Even if they're fake teeth
And some may be missing
Or pointier than others...
Come to think of it
Why would God ever
Make an animal without teeth,
Like a baby boy or bird?
Like a baby boy or bird?
Like a baby boy or bird?

Here is what I wrote to Mr. Foster in the end:
"Turtles
Birds
Babies"
...that's all I could think.

credits

from Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers, released August 8, 2018
Molly Rice: lyrics and music
Milia Ayache: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Zorahna: bass, background vocals
Michele Dunlap: drums

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