POEM: “Hamlet’s bones”

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Hamlet’s bones”

you observe the hand of little employment
has the daintier sense as the sexton moves
mounds of dirt, cleans his betters’ bones, 
digs himself a deeper hole.

so enlightened prince, pick up your spade,
help your fellow or does your philosophy 
amount to no more than to watch others 
grunt and sweat under their weary loads 
while you keep your daintier sense
pristine as a shroud.
 
a philosopher without acts
is a book without words: devoid of meaning.

so pick up your tools. 
it does not matter to whom this plot belongs:
each of us digs our own grave in the end.




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*minor additional edits published 09/19/2023.

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