The Hamlet Project

That which
Passes show –
“Show” stands, showing – the very essence of presentation
footlights
curtains
costumes
is it a lie?
But under that
Past it
Beyond it
There is the real pain
The true tragedy
The unrecognizable grief
And yet –
let me see the show
that shows that.
The cry so full of grief
That it seems unlike a show –
Like a window on the very nerves
The very impulses
The very raw experience.
The show that surpasses show.