The Hamlet Project

He has to ask this question three times to get an answer.
This makes me wonder if Horatio was sent for too
Or if Hamlet suspects he was sent for.
Have I wondered this already?
He’s already asked.
I’ve already wondered.
The third time he asks, though
He changes the focus. He asks “why did you leave?” twice
Before he finally asks what he really wants to know
Which is
“Why are you here?”
We do this.
We adjust our language, shift it and make it more direct
Til we finally learn what we need to say to get
What we want
Or need.

In a way, though, I wonder how much Hamlet really wants to know.
He interrupts himself the first time he asks and the third,
He keeps talking after he’s asked the question.
The effect, though, is one of easy camaraderie
The flush of greetings
Wherein everyone talks at once
Wherein there are so many things to say
We have to say them all at once.