She was on a crowded Uptown "A",
with one hand holding on.
In her other hand, a paperback,
dog eared, its cover gone.
Hamlet and Polonius
were with the player King
Bed-Sty might well be Elsinore-
when the plays the thing.
There were plots and counter plots-
to do young Hamlet harm.
"My money is on Fortinbras-
I said, then I was gone.
Apr 21, 2013
Apr 21, 2013 at 2:51 PM UTC
She was on a crowded Uptown "A",
with one hand holding on.
In her other hand, a paperback,
dog eared, its cover gone.
Hamlet and Polonius
were with the player King
Bed-Sty might well be Elsinore-
when the plays the thing.
There were plots and counter plots-
to do young Hamlet harm.
"My money is on Fortinbras-
I said, then I was gone.
I didn't expect to find an adult strap hanger reading Hamlet on the "A" train. You most usually see that on the Uptown #1 train.
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