Whited Sepulchre from Whitewashed Tomb by Grave Sermon

The order of Bon Secours was sovereign
Their walls a whited sepulchre
Deprivation and misery, in that institution

The building, a vector of disease

Hidden at all costs, malnourished
Intentionally starved, or left untreated
Offender and progeny erased
Illegitimate, unmarked graves.

(They were inspected and categorised
Misgivings were expressed, nothing was done.)

Miserable emaciated child
Not thriving, wasted, wizened limbs
Delicate, distended, potbellied.
‘Various deformities’

(A great many thought it kinder
To strangle these children at birth)

Under a slab they found them
In a disused septic tank
Blessed, resealed and silenced
It was not the work of famine
It was the work of many hands

The order of Bon Secours was sovereign
Their walls a whitewashed tomb,
Bastards bought and sold, in that institution

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