Monday, July 26, 2010

Who Is He To Hecuba?

Don't quote Shakespeare
If you don't know the meaning behind the words
If you are saying it to be impressive.
Don't talk like you know what it's like to be lost in his writing
To laugh at his jokes, that he wrote just for me - for my wit, for my eyes.
You think because everyone knows his name, that they - you - know him?
That it gives you the right to Google his quotes and copy-paste them to your screen?
You think because they made Romeo and Juliet into a modern romance
with guns and gangsters, you know who he is?
You don't know him. I don't either. I don't memorise his lines or sleep with his works under my pillow.
But he means something to me.
Don't belittle him by splashing his words around like cheap perfume.