They all want to play Hamlet.
They have not exactly seen their fathers killed
Nor their mothers in a frame-up to kill,
Nor an Ophelia lying with dust gagging the heart,
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I cannot get enough of Sandburg at times- he has such unique insights into the human pysche
'They all want to play Hamlet'-so true, even though the reality is so dark and sad. I like the long lines verging on prose, but still poetry.