Black Tongue: A Field Report from Macbeth's Unconscious

By MM Williams

What you hold is not a guide,
nor a translation,
nor a polite lecture on Shakespeare's bloodiest dream.
It is a map drawn in bruises,
an orchard of knives,
a whispered dare passed hand to trembling hand
by those who suspect Macbeth has always been
more than a tragedy -
more than a cautionary tale -
more than a caution, even.

It is a confession for all of us
who have stood at the window
at three in the morning
and envied the tyrant's courage,
who have asked the darkness
if we, too, might wear the crown
if only we were hungry enough
to bury sleep beneath our feet.

I know the author of this book
only as a rumor:
one more mouth at the feast of ghosts
that has never truly ended
since a Scottish moor first learned
to speak in riddles.

This book is not safe.
It does not care if you agree.
It does not care if you flinch.
It cares that you read to the end -
that you cross the gate
where Macbeth waits,
where the witches wait,
where your own shadow waits
with a crown shaped exactly
to your skull.

And when you finish -
if you finish -
tell someone your version
before dawn swallows it.
The crows will already know.

May your sleep be lighter for it.
May your hands stay clean.
May your name never echo
through the orchard after dusk.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FDXDB2TX
• ISBN13: 9798288911934
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"