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I wrote this for my friend Jahn. I meant "Maggot" to be a middle-grade novel, and he lobbied hard for it, but in the end, writing a song was just . . . easier. Maybe I'll turn it into a book one day; I love Maggot the Banshee rockstar, and her siren, and the life they get to live--once they figure out how.

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Maggot was a banshee
Born in Colorado
One of seven sisters
And the youngest too
Grew up in a trailer
Right outside Durango
Sang so much her freckles
All turned blue

Maggot was a banshee
Born in Colorado
All she ever wanted
Was her own rock band
But she’d never make it
To her lifelong sorrow
When they saw her coming
Folks just turned and ran

Maggot at the talent show
Took out all the first row
Maggot at the baseball game
O Say Can You See the flame?
At the Karaoke bar
Maggot never got too far
How her little faced turned red
When the patrons all dropped dead

Maggot was a banshee
Born in Colorado
Went into the woods
Where she weep alone
Birds died on their branches
Badgers in their bushes
Otters in their rushes
As she moaned and groaned

Maggot, are you crying?
What’s with all this ruckus?
Asked the queer girl standing
At the river’s brim
I can hardly function
What with all your fussin
Why not drown your troubles
By just jumpin in?

Maggot saw the siren there
Lightning in her silver hair
Maggot heard the siren sing
Delicate and deadly thing
Maggot thought, How very fine
Here’s a voice to rival mine
Right here on the river foam
Feels so much like coming home

Maggot heard the siren
Calling out so sweetly
Knew it was a sound to make
A sailor cry
Opened up her mouth and
Harmonized so neatly
First time in her life
Where no one up and died

Maggot and the siren
Start up their own rock band
Play the bars in Bayfield,
Frisco, Gennessee
Tour around the country
In their rusty Dodge van
Never was a banshee
Quite so glad as she

Maggot and the siren sing
Rock, blues, country, anything
Beatles, Beach Boys, and the Who
Phantom of the Opera too
People come from near and far
To hear these eldritch superstars
Sing along into the night
No one dies from their delight

Maggot was a banshee
Born in Colorado
One of seven sisters and the youngest too
Now she has a trailer, shares it with her siren
Drinking, singing, rocking
Making dreams come true

credits

from Corbeau Blanc, Corbeau Noir, released July 13, 2018
C. S. E. Cooney (vocals)
Jeremy Cooney (guitar, vocals)
Stefan Dollak (harmonica)

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Brimstone Rhine Queens, New York

Brimstone Rhine is an imaginary rockstar. She is also the alter-ego of fantasy writer and audiobook narrator C. S. E. Cooney.

Glenn Kendzia, Jack Hanlon, and Matt McLaren are all real-life rockstars. Check out "Wild Sun" on BandCamp if you want to hear more of Glenn's own work!
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