The Hamlet Project

I suppose he’s saying he is obligated to hear what his father’s spirit has to say
Because of his filial bonds.
Then, too, there’s the sense of being BOUND to hear something
Simply unable to be missed because it is audible
And happening where he is – the way I’m bound
To hear those guys in the jerseys talking about the game
No matter how much I’d wish to avoid it.
Or perhaps there is a kind of binding
That inevitably knits speaker and hearer
Into a listening connection
As springy as a rubber band
Or a knitted scarf.
I also picture a child bounding across a yard
Toward his father, like a puppy.
There is a bounding toward this story
And a bond
That is about to be sealed.