ALAS POOR YORICK ... I DIDN'T GET YOU ONE!

A small encore for the Bard and the Thespian if you please and poor Yorick would like to take a bow, if only his knees were anywhere to be found and last but not least a raspberry ripple ice-cream cornet in the interval … perfect ; 0)))

 

“Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.”

- Maynard James Keenan

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs

WUTHERING HEIGHTS – KATE BUSH

 

SENDING MYSELF UP : A TALE OF WOE IS ME AND WOE BETIDE ME … ; 0))

(to be delivered in an Old English thespian long drawn-out drawl with a great deal of theatrical gesticulation and raised eyebrows!! …

; 0)

 

The moral of this story : Never take oneself too seriously!!! ; 0))

 

Oh, the weariness seeps through me

like an old Shakespearean tragedy

and the darkness waits for me,

like Heathcliff on the Moors

I am melodramatic,

but what can one expect

when one is born

in a field on all fours.

My back story completes me;

defeats me and leaves me

completely exhausted, “I SAY!!!”

From farmyard to theatre

to Bohemian Latin Quarter

to Venice, The Lido

to London and back

to the country, then seaside

my life is alas and alack ...

Never a dull moment

that passes before me

when I don't discover the spotlight.

I have only to switch on

the lamp set beside me

and watch the large mirror

reflect on my plight.

I read the reviews -

What's this? ; I'm yesterday's news!

I am wrapping for cod fish and chips!

I am sprinkled with vinegar,

salt and Tom Ketchup,

then screwed up and thrown on the tip!!

What! No curtain call, encore or Bravo; three cheers,

for she's a jolly good “fellow”.

Alas, poor Yorick I knew him well,

well, at least I did when I was playing Othello.

What's that you are shouting?

I know! I'm not deaf,

well, actually I'm half-deaf; who's counting.

I know it was Hamlet, but he didn't fit the bill.

I needed a rhyme for “good fellow”

Now Yorick is laughing sat up on his shelf

and I'm surprisingly mellow

as I laugh at myself, so please join in.

There's many a truth spoken in jest

and there's a lot of true stories in me forsooth,

for my friends I reserve only the best… ; 0)

 

AP – Copyright remains with the author

 

p.s. If anyone can tell me what this contraption is that this lovely old Thespian has attached to the handlebars of his bicycle, I would be very interested to know … : 0)

 

Have a lovely weekend, my friends <3

 

My artwork is a compilation of 3 of my photographs

 

I promised this one for my dearest Friend, Khaled, whose friendship and opinion means the world to me : 0)

 

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