Saturday, April 01, 2006

Hamlet - Act 3 Scene 1

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Teh h3aRt-@¢h3 @nd teh th0u$aNd n@tur@l sh()cks
Th@t fl35h !s h3!r 2, 't!s @ ¢0n5umm@t!on
D3v0u+ly t0 b3 w!sh'd. T() d!3, 2 sl33p;
T() sl33p: p3rch@nc3 t() dr3@m: @y, th3r3's teh ru13;
4 !n th@t sl33p ()f d3@th wh@t dr3@m5 m@y c0m3
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Th@t m@k3s c@l@m!ty 0f s() l()n6 l!f3;
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Teh p@ng5 0f d3spi5ed l0v3, t3h l@\/\/'s d3l@y,
T3h !n5ol3nCe 0f 0ff!ce & teh s9urn5
Th@+ p@t!en+ m3r!t 0f teh un\/\/or+hy t@k3s,
Wh3n h3 h!ms3lf m1gh+ h!5 qu!e+us m@k3
W!th @ b@r3 b()dk!n? wh() w()uld f@rd3ls b3@r (@side, WTF?!?!?!),
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T3h und!5c()v3r'd ¢()un+ry fr()m wh()s3 b()urn
|\|() tr@v3ll3r r3tuRn5, puzzl3s t3h w!ll
@nd m@k3s u5 r@+h3r b3ar th()5e 1ll$ w3 h@v3
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Thu5 ¢0n5c!enC3 d0e5 make ¢ow@rd5 ()f u5 @ll;
@nd thu$ teh n@+i\/e hu3 0f r3s0lu+i0n
I$ s!¢kl3d 0'3r w!+h teh p@l3 ¢@st ()f th()u6h+,
@nd 3nt3rpr!s3s 0f gr3a+ p!t|-| & m()m3n+
W!th th!$ r3g@rd th31r ¢urr3n+$ tuRn @\/\/ry,
& l()s3 teh nam3 0f @¢t!on.--S0f+ y()u n()w!
T3h f@1r Oph3l!a! Ny/\/\ph, !n +hy ()r!5on5
B3 @ll /\/\y s!n5 r3m3mb3r'd.

2 comments:

Pamela Moore said...

So many people try unsuccessfully to bring Shakespeare more understandable for today's youth. You, my good sir, succeed.

Garrick said...

Thanks, Pam. I'm just following the lead of the genius running Disembodied Animal Head Theatre. H3 R0><><0rz!
Same scene, slightly different interpretation.