That last one, a shapeshifter, was a kindergarten teacher
\nCan you believe that?
\nA real dainty thing before I snapped her head off
\nShe said she wasn\u2019t an aswang anymore
\nShe\u2019d been reformed<\/p>\n
Rules are rules. She\u2019d killed before. So,
\noff with her head.
\nHer daintiness dried up quick. Her skin sloughed into dark blue scales.
\nHer fangs out yea\u2019 big.<\/p>\n
She said a lot before the head snap.
\nThat there were few active aswangs now
\nThe humans are killing themselves
\nToo kill even more was depressing<\/p>\n
I hear ya! I said.
\nWrapping my rope tightly around her.
\nAswangs can be slippery little bugs changin\u2019 shape
\nThen Bam! They\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n
She said she deserved to die for the sins she\u2019d done.
\nI\u2019d never heard one talk like that before.
\nShe said I looked tired.
\nTired of yer mouth, Missus!<\/p>\n
She gave me a severe stare.
\nTold me I needed to go home.
\nStrange one, that one.
\nLike I say, off with her head.<\/p>\n
That was three weeks ago, twenty towns before this one.
\nThis next one –
\nA jazz musician. Famous sunava-
\nCan you believe it?<\/p>\n
*An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a shapeshifting monster usually possessing a combination of the traits of either a vampire, a ghoul, a warlock\/witch, or different species of werebeast in Filipino folklore or even all of them together. It is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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