globe

globe
not a stage a planet

bruised planks orbiting a sun made of soliloquy

audience as constellation— 
each cough, a satellite of meaning

Rome burned here twice daily, except Sundays

and Hamlet rose and fell like a tide without moon

this was the world entire— conflagration fuelled 
                                        by candlelight and gesture




Author's Notes/Comments: 

... this arose from thoughts regarding the June 30th, 1613, fire that destroyed William Shakespeare’s beloved Globe Theatre during a performance of Henry VIII when cannon shots set fire to its thatched roof.


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