The monologue I have chosen…..
Please don’t let it be Shakespeare.
I can’t imagine that mouse could roar Hamlet.
Who am I to judge?....Well, it is my ears
that will be assaulted by his inability.
Oh dreaded happenstance that I should be
in the wrong place when there is no right time
to have the Bard’s work slaughtered by incompetence.
Shakespeare’s words are made to soar
not lay flat upon a timid tongue.
Look, he is smiling as if this were some
whimsy to check off his hipster list.
I wish I could administer the slap
of annoyance to his ego it deserves.
Oh wait…..
Technical problems…….
It appears the microphone
has been touched by my ear’s savior and
has gone as quiet as a tomb before one word
of Shakespeare could be uttered.
I will celebrate my ear’s reprieve by leaving
before there is a chance I might be cursed
by actually having to hear him slaughter Hamlet.
……thank you
My monologue was an original piece titled, Preconception.
©Susie Clevenger 2013
At Real Toads Helen Dehner of Poetry Matters provided a list of words for our creativity. Get Listed ~ Helen's Choice
And this haiku....just for fun :)
with mile high bouffant
she personifies retro
forever sixties
© Susie Clevenger
Comments
AND the haiku (of course.)
Yesterday (prior to seeing 'The Great Gatsby') I watched a preview of 'Much Ado About Nothing' ~ Looks promising ~~ shot in just twelve days in the director's house!
Sigh.
And I know what you mean about slaughtering the words of the Bard! Good write.
K
@Marian, LOL I hate them too!
@Sherry, Thanks Sherry. I don't know why the words had me heading to Shakespeare. My muse must have had to vent. :)
@Helen, Thank you. I will have to check out that preview. I love that play!
@Maggie Grace, Thank you. I thought you would appreciate the haiku. :)
@Mama Zen, Thanks!
@Kay, I would love to see that picture!