Marion Lorne and Athena Seyler 

TWO DITZY QUEEN BEES 

“She is Cinderella, the creature…
the shining-haired, the starry-eyed, 
the ruby-lipped virgo aeternis, of 
which there is presumably one, and 
only one, or a one-and-only for each 
male, whose dream is fixed upon her 
perpetual possession”—Phillip Wylie, 
Generation of Vipers 
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It’s hard to say which Queen Bee—
is more the penultimate Dominatrix?

The “Momism” meme so dominant—
so domineering in American noir…
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Is it lovely doting Marion Lorne—
Bruno Anthony’s tres ditzy mother

Giving him morning manicures—
luxuriating in his swank bathrobe?
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Simply awfully spoiling Robert Walker—
in Hitchcock’s STRANGERS ON A TRAIN?

Putting the make on young tennis players—
propositioning guys in the art of murder?
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Or is it Athena Seyler the queen bee—
behind her wicked son Julian Karswell 

The devil cult leader causing all sorts of—
demonic distress amongst British academe?
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Handsome, debonair Dana Andrews—
soon arrives to straighten matters out

Only to be whisked away to a séance—
set-up by ditzy Karswell’s mother
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And what a crazy séance it is—
even more ditzy than Athena Seyler

Sing-song voices outta the past—
table-tapping, things whacking
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The Other Side seems to be full of—
ditzy demonic campy charlatans

Even Peggy Cummins's sports car—
a Sunbeam convertible Alpine Mark I 
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Seems to be cursed by the demons—
with a strange license plate NLJ 666

Nevertheless Julian Karswell is—
full of entertaining magical tricks
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Conjuring up a terrible windy storm—
in the middle of a picnic for kiddies

His grand mansion paid for my his—
frightened poor minions of followers
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Offers Dana Andrews some scares—
in the dark middle of the night

As well as playing games with him—
optical illusions in his hotel halls
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All sorts of weird special-effects—
even better than Hollywood tricks

Plus a scary iridescent scintillating—
devilish thing that descends down
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On whoever possesses a runic spell—
scribbled on a piece of parchment

Like those foreboding Stonehenge—
curses engraved on the tall Stones