The great philosophy

Fictional story

‘To be or not to be ‘
He read the famous old wise words

Laughing
He penned

‘To Twas or not to have Twas !’

Scratching his itchy baldness
He kept on penning
Writing swiftly

Like the agony aunt he gave advice to himself and his darling wife

‘To begin or never to start or try

To finish or keep going !

To give up or try again !’

He smiled down at his paper with an admiring long glance

Tea darling ?
his wife entered his
Retreat his sanctuary
the shed down the back

Beyond the veggie garden
Half eaten by grubs
Birds
And where she sat
Most days in sun
Basking in their idle life

Yes love !
I’d love a Cuppa and a bickie
Please he added as her back turned

Off she tottered
He watched her through the
Open wooden slats never mended
He liked to see her walk up and down to him
Each day

Her bottom wiggled
With too many
Chocolate cookies
Over the years
He didn’t mind

To be or not to be !
He mused aloud quietly

Yes he exclaimed
To the spider on the window

That’s the mystery of life
As we know it !

His itchy scalp gave way
To red welts

He left his
Little sanctuary
His writing book shed
And Joined her
In the sun

Basking in his words
Of wisdom
He laughed
Hysterically

She understood perfectly
He was on a roll today

She would go in and bake all day
Maybe scones for afternoon tea

They lived happily ever after
Her cooking
His writing
A blissful life

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

You have been peeking
I always enjoy your 'stuff' but this even more so
Really well done

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Peeking at what ?
Anyway thanks 🙏

[W. Barrett Munn]

This is quite delightful and quite imaginative. I found it intriquing and well worth the read.
Congrats.

Winston

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks so much
Appreciate

[Nima.Hope]

I imagined Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway while I was reading your poem. I saw them chatting,laughing and cuddling, while he would immortalize English Literature for cecnturies to come.
I love it, I adore this poem.
Thank you for sharing dear Julie

[Julie McCarthy (juliespenhere)]

Thanks so very much
I do appreciate