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Marin Sorescu – Shakespeare Created the World in Seven Days

Posted by | October 26, 2007 .

The first day he made the sky ,

The mountains and the spiritual abysses.

The second day he made the rivers , the seas

The oceans , and the sentiments

Giving them to Hamlet , Julius Caesar , Antony ,

Cleopatra and Ophelia

To Othello and others

To master , they and their descendants ,

Unto eternity .

The third day he gathered all people

And taught them the tastes :

The taste of happiness , of love , of distress ,

The taste  of jealousy , glory and more

Until all tastes had been accounted for .

Then some characters came along late .

The creator patted them fondly on the head

And said the only thing left for them to become

Was literary critics

To deny his works .

The fourth and fifth days

Were dedicated to laughter .

He let out the clowns to do the somersaults

And let kings , emperors

And other unfortunates have fun .

The sixth day

He solved some administrative problems

Plotted a storm

And taught King Lear

To wear the crown of straws .

There was still some waste left

From the creation of the world

So he made Richard III .

The seventh day he wondered whether 

There was anything left to do :

Stage directors had already

Flooded the earth with posters

So Shakespeare decided after so much labour

He deserved to see a show himself .

But first , as he felt quite exhausted ,

He passed away for awhile . 

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