Still I Sing Bonny Boys, Bonny Mad Boys....

It was early. Lillith reflected on the cool early morning air as she made her way down to the subway station. The dirty feel and smell filled her senses as she walked down the stairway to reach the first train of the day at 5:30. What a miserable place this is, filled with miserable people Lillith thought to herself, and, as she did so, grinned. This was the type of place for her. Where people huddled together in filth that never seemed to be cleaned to go to places that they hated and continued to hate more each and every day, it was wonderful. As she moved to the open car, a white number one smugged with dirt and grime placed on its doors, she noticed a woman towards the back of the car. Lillith walked into the car, took a seat, and watched as the woman, who seemed to have a lot on her mind, went about picking up her stuff. The woman looked up and at Lillith,
"What?" she asked irately. Lillith just smiled a condescending smile,
"So sorry, didn't mean to treat you like a spectacle." Lillith didn't even bother to wait to see what the woman's next reaction was. The train started.

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A few hours later Lillith got off the dingy number one train and prepared to emerge once more into the grungy haze that was Washington Heights, but that was not what greeted her. The sunlight hit her face and caused her to throw her hands up to protect her eyes. Since when does the sun shine here? Lillith made her way onward to her shop The Wrath, when she noticed that a branch from a tree in the park she was now in front of had fallen, an old woman was standing over what appeared to be the body of a young child. Lillith stood and stared at the scene before her wearing a blank expression as she took in all that had obviously happened and what that meant, then she turned and jay-walked across the street to her shop. The dog was gone, the cheery lighting in the shop was gone, no remnants of that other woman remained. Lillith smiled to herself as she went in and, even though the sun was shining, believed that, considering all the misery she had seen thus far, today was going to be a wonderful day.