the weird sisters

By Nolan

Sat, 25 Apr 2015
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how sweet oh sweet so sweet so sweet
the sisters of mercy washing my feet
round-about turn turn and fate befalls
from hades’ stench and smoke hecaty calls
 
sighing murder howling kill and kisses vile
hum hum how you smile how you do smile
girls plucking the harp from ashes to ashes
fair maidens kiss their broken teeth gnashes
 
oh what a shame what a shame what a shame
the horrid hags are chanting my name
goodbye trumpets sound spirits and demons fly
strange sisters weep and giggle laugh and cry
 
evil sisters in tears drown in sewage water
daughters’ coals aglow for feast and slaughter
cackle cackle witches crackling hellish stew
so sweet oh sweet sweet the poison brew
 
cry cry and cry no hope no hope no hope!
climb the steps and down the hangman’s rope
cursed by the cruel devil women’s wicked spell
box’s wood and fire give the ghost to hell
 
doves soar high angel choirs from above
ain't it love ain't it love
blessed oh blessed ain't it sweet ain't it sweet
sisters of mercy digging my grave in the street
 
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The weird sisters hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land,
Thus do go about, about,
Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine,
And thrice again to make up nine.
 
Double, double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Round, around, around, about, about,
All ill come running in, all good keep out.
 
Fair is foul, and foul is fair,
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
 
Macbeth –William Shakespeare

 

Certificate U
Poem
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Comments

Submitted by celticman on

recognises the quote and foul foul am I as a bloke. 

 

Submitted by Nolan on

Engine trouble? Piston broke. Sjo am I.