The Hamlet Project

My favorite sketch
When I was a kid or a teen or something in between
Was called
“The Thing that Wouldn’t Leave.”
It was in a horror film genre
John Belushi was a guest
Over at this couple’s house
They tried everything to subtly get him out
They yawned
They hinted
He got out their records and started listening to them.
It strikes me now that it probably
Resonated so strongly with me
Because it takes an everyday terribly banal experience and mythologizes it.
Now I can fit this memory
Into the structure that I fit many of the things I love into,
Which is fairly convenient I suppose.
Or maybe I just loved those looks of horror on the couple’s faces.