The Hamlet Project

Where’s my Lexicon?
I want to look up “platform.”
What exactly does he mean?
I picture a stage
At the top of the castle
A little spot for the wandering players
To do tragedies under the stars
Or for Yorick to work up a little stand-up set with his make-shift microphone
Back in the days, before check 1-2
Up among the ramparts
The one-man Punch and Judy show
May have made all the noble children laugh
As the wind whipped the skirt of his theatre
Around the puppeteer’s legs
The perfect setting for a ghost’s appearance
As every ghost needs a stage
And an audience.