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Of Shakespeare's Ilk
By
Tom Tannehill
I ain’t Shakespeare and won’t soon be
though he turns a mean soliloquy.
And I admit his rhymes are fine,
his phrases smooth as store bought wine.
But I can’t help but ponder some
‘bout the choice of words Shakes chooses from.
Those Ye’s and Ney’s and Thou’s and Thee,
don’t lend much to its clarity.
When You’s and Me’s and Theirs and Them
help folks like me to comprehend.
and Who, What, Whys and Where’s and When
come easier to understand.
Now I know that Shakespeare ain’t from here
but from the land of Guinevere,
King Arthur and Sir Lancelot,
some foreigner town called 'Camelot.'
Still don’t it seem that he could just
communicate like all of us,
and speak American or something close
where yes means yes and no’s mean no’s.
But I guess that might just be too much
to 'simplify' for folks like us.
He’s Shakespeare after all you see
and that’s to be - for e’er to be!
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