The Hamlet Project

Is this the first time the Ghost
Has said his son’s name?
(Which is, of course, also his own)
What does your name sound like in the mouth of a ghost?
What does it sound like in the mouth of your father?
I read a silly article in which
They asked kids what love was
And one of them said you knew
Someone loved you by the way they say your name –
That when there is love, your name
Was safe in their mouth.
Does that change in the transition
From life to death to ghost?
How much love is in this instruction to hear?
Also how many synonyms for listening is this ghost gonna use?
Mark, List, Hear.
He really needs to know
That we’re paying attention.