Jul 1
globe
not a stage a planet
bruised planks orbiting a sun made of soliloquy
audience as constellation—
each cough, a satellite of meaning
Rome burned here twice daily, except Sundays
and Hamlet rose and fell like a tide without moon
this was the world entire— conflagration fuelled
by candlelight and gesture
not a stage a planet
bruised planks orbiting a sun made of soliloquy
audience as constellation—
each cough, a satellite of meaning
Rome burned here twice daily, except Sundays
and Hamlet rose and fell like a tide without moon
this was the world entire— conflagration fuelled
by candlelight and gesture
this arose from thoughts regarding the June 30th, 1613, fire that destroyed William Shakespeare’s beloved Globe Theatre during a performance of Henry VIII when cannon shots set fire to its thatched roof.
