Shakespeare Inside

On Shakespeare

So he was born in 1564.

Shall I continue? Tell a few things more?

I was not really any Shakespeare fan

Back in my youth when all of this began.

Wherever Shakespeare was—I wanted out

Because he bored me stiff (there is no doubt).

I now suppose it wasn’t all his fault

That I preferred a double chocolate malt.

I read the Bard awhile—for many years—

And, lately, realize the laughs, the tears,

'Do guarantee he hasn’t any peers.

I copied your arithmetic

I know—a bit impolitic.

Shakespeare Couplet:  Romeo and Juliet (5):

“My child is but a stranger in the world,”

Says Capulet—her flag's not yet unfurled. (1.2)