by Mia T
Act IV, Scene I:
The White House. In the middle a boiling Cauldron.
Thunder. Enter the three (unvetted) Witches.
FIRST WITCH. Thrice the brinded fat cat hath mew'd.
SECOND WITCH. Thrice and once the hobbled hedge-pig whined.
THIRD WITCH. Hubbelled Harpier cries: 'T is time, 't is time.
FIRST WITCH (a Democrat with conspiratorial leanings):
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd records throw.
Foster, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.
ALL
Double, trouble TOIL for HUBBELL;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
SECOND WITCH (a Liberal Democrat):
Fillet of BURTON snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of NEWT, and toe of LOTT,
LIMBAUGH'S tongue, a forget-me-not;
THURMOND'S fork, and THOMPSON'S sting,
HELM'S leg, and QUAYLE wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
ALL
Double, trouble TOIL for HUBBELL;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
THIRD WITCH (a stealth Conservative)
Scale of BONIOR, tooth of WOLF,
HILLARY'S memory, maw and gulf
A ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Ears of the MARTINS digg'd i' the dark,
Gall of BILL, and McCURRY'S slips
"Noes" of LANNY, and HUBBELL'S lips,
Finger of ICKES ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a Chinese squadron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.
ALL
Double, trouble TOIL for HUBBELL;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
SECOND WITCH:
Cool it with cash and blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
Enter Lady MacClinton:
LADY MacCLINTON:
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.