an episodically published poem
link to beginning
history
many of Shakespeare’s plays
were based on the history
or the monarchy
so: take a known story
use the characters
without having to love them
then you can kill them off
at leisure without being
a sociopath
Kill a cruel dictator
without danger
without sin
without fear of revenge
kill a lover
kill a saint
be a serial murderer
on paper
on the stage
run with it
the is no retribution
find a nice all-
round person who never
harmed anyone
say Job
and ruin his life
but that’s been done
but you can do it again
no remorse
just fun
touch a nerve
watch the audience howl
that’s what playwrights do
just look into history
for real fun.
i really liked the third stanza, but i liked it all around. goodjob as always..
drewgold: thank you for commenting. This theatre project is fun for me. I was not certain that anyone would want to read it, but what the heck: blogs can be as self-indulgent as the blogger wants. I really like the ability that this format gives me to explore any themes I want to; this theatre project, for example, is an intriguing opportunity to take a desultory look at a world that has always fascinated me from my perspective in community theatre, with some tentrils into the professional realm. I think today’s poem is going to be a dramatic interior monologue by an actor in rehearsal. Having said that, I wonder if I can pull it off: I have to make hay while the sun shines: today is going to be sunny, and I have a deck to finish planking . . . .