The Hamlet Project

Five lines of anticipation
For a hell of a pay-off
In line six.
Horatio picks up the thread with a bit of a story
Follows it
Carefully
Confirming each inch
As he moves along
To what could be a story all on its own.
If this last phrase
Were the first phrase
Of a novel,
A world would be opened up.
In fact, the scene which is described here
Is the opening of this world.
The coming of the apparition
Is the trigger
On the gun of this play.