Listening to the play,
obsessing on the words,
what Ophelia will say,
the melee with the swords.
.
A radio adaption,
scene by unseen action,
and imagine all the people—
yes, all of them, go on!
One, two, three—
Yes, even the ones
that you do not know;
the ones that eat scones
and the ones that eat scones;
the sloths and the sparrows
(in people terms, that is)
and when your imagination narrows,
perhaps admit that the rest are embroiled
in silence.
Graeme Sandford 