Thanks Manish, Keith and Stephen for your kind comments. I wanted to write a poem about a different subject and a snippet from the Shakespeare miscellany jumped out at me. It's my tribute to the genius who changed the world with his pen. But, maybe the playwright was really Sir Francis Bacon or the Earl of Oxford, after all? 😂
Thanks for the likes, too. It means a lot.

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Ah, the arbitrary nature of things, John! A case of what might have been, or not. What if Mr Plague had turned right? Our civilisation might have collapsed, or never existed at all. Or some other writer may have come to the fore.

A beautifully written and rhymed poem.

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I was born in Warwickshire and am glad to hear that Mr Plague took a turn which spared the Bard. A good poem John.
Thank you for this,
Keith

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A poem that speaks of the dire "plague" times. Witty, grippy and a great impersonation of a disease into a person.
Thank you.

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