The Hamlet Project

What license would Cornelius and Voltemand have had?
What personal power do they normally command?
Why make the public limitation?
The rebel in me constrains against
This limitation of these two minor characters personal power.
I want to empower them
Send them over borders to charm the Norwegians.
I picture a bridle of rules and regulations
That they have to strain against;
The saddle tight and chafing,
The bit, bitter and blood-like,
All made of paper
Of bureaucratic restriction.
Voltemand and Cornelius have only to follow the instructions
On this missive
That is their one charge.
Are they ambassadors?
If so, why have they become simple messengers?
Strap a bag on them
Get out a cart
Make them a pony express.
When some administrator hands me a set of tasks,
I buck and kick
But ultimately have to lower my head and accept the bridle,
The bit,
The saddle and
The whip.