Happy Birthday William Shakespeare.
a low born man from the county of the chained up bear
who moved to that London to seek a living and fame
in that acting and writing game.
500 odd years later
some would have us believe you were a faker
because they can’t reconcile your genius
with that of the son of an illiterate glove maker.
They wish to convince us of a reality
where your sonnets and plays
were written by a member of the aristocracy
but ‘better a witty fool than a foolish wit’
those naysayers are just full of Cordelia and Hamlet.
©Robert Hill 2014