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Typhoid Mary

from Plain Words by Dead Work

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Mary Mallon was the first diagnosed asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. Having never been physically sick with typhoid fever, she continued working in the food industry for years, infecting countless families. Eventually she was arrested and kept in isolation on an island in New York's East River, where she spent the rest of her life.

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they're holding you against yer will
isolated and you scream at night
you scream at night that you never did anything wrong
still the bloods on yer hands
you can't plead ignorance
she's down on her knees begging to be free
but she's a walking disease

Mary Mallon
a black shadow follows you
through yer work he extends his hands
Mary Mallon
yer whole life was taken from you
stuck forever on the north island

everybody knows yer name
the most dangerous woman in america has stuck again
now the sympathy you once had is gone
replaced by the blood lust the public feels when
it's been wronged

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from Plain Words, released March 8, 2014

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