Typhoid Mary

this is for all who are and have been played by a controlling narcissist.

Typhoid Mary

She's most cathectic;

a real primadonna.

She's most narcissistic so 

control driven.

Miss Mary Mallon 

denies her corruption and

relentless obsessions.

She watches inside 

the back of her skull,

speaks without eyes.

just like a mole.

A hanger-on to treacherous games;

rigged and morphed by day and night.

She never sleeps,

she always wins;

she always wins without her eyes.

Doctors of the sciences keep looking

for her answers.

 

Mary keeps on cooking and

in the loo surrounds her self

with maps that

release her illness.

 

She shreds  to pieces and shakes loose

all threatening closeness and

all blames for the calamities.

She makes you play. 

She makes you pay.

She inflicts the disease to

all around her.

Madonna of Death. 

Ms. Prima Donna of destruction. 

The innocent 

Ms. Mary Mallon. 

01/29/2024

E.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Oh, E, this one describes someone in my life to a tee. She is never wrong and she changes the rules of the game whenever she thinks it will favor her. Passive aggressive and never really seeing things as they actually are. She is an expert at blaming everyone around her for things she has actually caused. Ah, yes, I know Ms. Mary Malone well. It's a shame people such as her invade our lives. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) you feel me then blessed Lydi! :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) love and fortitude my friend .. love and fortitude
E.

[Ana Papaya]

Sadly, too many people like this exist. Love the words you've assembled to deliver an edgy and cutting piece. Nice work, E.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you very much for taking time .. glad it spoke to you and that it hit the spot ... love and peace
E.

[Melinda McQueen]

Wow.... E.. This is insightful. A story delivered in pose.

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you Melinda McQueen!! i do appreciate your time taken ... on these E. streets .. right here at the Cafe' :)
E.

[Neville]

I think .. no, I know for sure that you have summed her up perfectly .. I know and have known so many such Mary's over a good many years .. after all, they are my bread and butter & there's never one far from you :) sleep tight Gene .. Neville

[Einstein Noodle]

your bread and butter eh!?? you crack me up brother ... kind of scared to go to sleep now .. love on ya
E.

[Neville]

Duncan, one of my best mates long deceased father, who was a renowned Scottish physician wrote a novel about Typhoid Mary .. I need check whether it is still in print .. love back on ya.

N.

[Einstein Noodle]

whoa! that is so cool! please let me know if you can find it .. is it more a medical study or character study of her ... poor girl .. made famous by such avoidable tragedies

[Neville]

I have never seen a copy but am seeing Dunc this very eve by some strange coincidence .. I will go check & get back to you .. Neville

[Einstein Noodle]

thanks man! toss one back for me :) that is a "strange" coincident .. funny thing our lives eh!?

[Neville]

.. checked with Duncan & even he doesn't have a copy .. apparently no longer in print .. N.

[Einstein Noodle]

bummer! at least you can pass on the memories and keep him and his work alive in your family ..

[Neville]

................................ 👍

[Tom]

Sadly the world is full of people as how described so poetically, just gotta keep 'em on the long finger as anything less may risk one as such getting inside your head..... Well penned E

[Einstein Noodle]

yes .. you know of who s i speak! :) just don't drink the water
E.

[Ken Simm.]

Excellent piece with some great lines and complex in its subject. Not just about illness or even typhoid or Mary but running a whole gamut of things so well.

[Einstein Noodle]

yep ... you always look deeply Ken .. in your art and poetry .. i am humbled you see many things in this .. definitely not only about Mary :)
E.

[Soren]

"She watches inside
the back of her skull,
speaks without eyes."
Great lines that, to me is the essence of this piece. How we spread our problems or illness without regard. But blame lies on the other side too. If we don't frequent her kitchen we run no risk. Turn a deaf ear to those that would spread disease. Another great write

[Einstein Noodle]

luv you comments Soren .. don't play with fire .. don't get burned .. seems so rudimentary but alas .. we are complex people ... i think "feelings" are the hook .. and once hooked .. not easy to shake loose .. spot on review my friend .. thank you!
E.

[John the Baptist]

Interesting take on a real person. The "healthy carrier" concept was unknown until Mary came along. Was she a narcissist? That case can be made because of her determination to keep cooking despite the fact that people were dying of typhoid wherever she went. It is possible to feel sorry for her, though. Because of her condition, she had to undergo numerous quarantines and had no life of her own.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes ... first known healthy carrier .. and no .. she did not stop cooking nor working as a nurse of sorts .. what a delight that you know her history .. thanks for taking time Mr. John B. :)
E.

[FGFRANKLIN]

The obsessive, compulsive, possessive, repulsive drama manufacturer. "She makes you play" Nah, I wouldn't. I don't play those sort of games. Chess. I play chess. I'm pretty boring and mundane though, to build a fire you need air, fuel and an ignition source. Take any of those away and no fire. The same goes with instigators, no fuel, no source of ignition and/or no air and no fire.

[Einstein Noodle]

words of learned wisdom Sir FG! words of wisdom ... thank you for stopping by and reviewing .. i appreciate it
E.

[Stella Armour]

"you say that you're sorry, won't happen again"

But it does, every time they think they can say "sorry" and will be forgiven ...

[Einstein Noodle]

i think, sadly, most of us with any girth of years knows poor Mary ;) refuse to play or we surely will pay
love and flowers
E.