mischief.

Thrice the brinded Cat hath mew'd.

Thrice and once the Hedge-Pig whined.

Harpier cries: 'Tis time, 'tis time.

Round about the Cauldon go;

In the poison'd Entrails throw.

Toad, that under cold stone

Days and Nights has thirty-one

Swelter'd Venom sleeping got,

Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

Double, double toile and trouble;

Fire burn and Cauldron bubble.

Fillet of a Fenny Snake,

In the Cauldron boil and bake;

Eye of Newt, and Toe of Frogge,

Wool of Bat, and Tongue of Dogge,

Adder's Fork, and Blind-worm's Sting,

Lizard's leg, and Howlet's wing,

For a Charm of powerful trouble 

Like a Hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toyle and trouble, 

Fire burn and Cauldron bubble.

Scales of Dragon, Tooth of Wolf,

Witche's Mummy, Maw and Gulf

Of the ravin'd salt Sea shark,

Root of Hemlock digg'd i' the dark,

Liver of Blaspheming Jew,

Gall of Goat, and Slips of Yew

Silver'd in the Moon's Eclipse,

Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,

Finger of Birth-strangled Babe

Ditch-deliver'd by a Drab,

Make the Gruel thick and slab:

Add thereto a Tiger's Chaudron,

For the Ingredients of our Cauldron.

Double, double toyle and trouble'

Fire burn and Cauldron bubble.

Cool it with a Baboon's blood,

Then the Charm is firm and good.

O! well done! I commend your pains,

And every one shall share i' the gains.

And now about the Cauldron sing,

Like Elves and Fairies in a Ring,

Enchanting all that you put in.

Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray;

Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may.

By the pricking of my Thumbs,

Something wicked this way comes.

Open, Locks,

Whoever knocks.

Act 4, Scene 1 of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare

photographs by Marie Hochhaus.

I hope you all had lovely and haunting Halloween weekends, dears.

Mine was filled with too many cab rides,

too many long nights, and maybe

one too many surprises. 

Today was the new york marathon,

and feeling maybe too much relief to rid 

myself of the holiday,

I willingly trudged uptown for brunch with 

my parents, and an afternoon of a chaotic calm.

Photos soon to come.

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