The Hamlet Project

Hamlet always seems to shout this at the ghost of his father.
Whenever I’ve seen it, he’s straining toward him
Calling to him, wondering to his ghostly face
If he’s a goblin or from hell.
When I read the part myself last year
I think I did the same. But reading it now –
I see that he says he WILL speak to him.
The speaking will come in the future – and this
Makes so much more sense as a sort of thoughtful aside – perhaps even as far as –
“I’ll call thee” which comes next.
What if there were a period after, “I’ll call thee.” ?
There is then
Consideration, planning and then execution.
If this first bit is not directly to his ghostly father,
We see him considering his strategy
Contemplating his choices
Then rocketing forward.
That’s our Hamlet.