Shakespeare Never Did Anything

It’s all a lie, you know
Those great plays were
all writen by
someone other than
Will, the Bard

At least that is what
I heard
and why would
someone lie about that?

Aren’t there better
lies to tell?
Like the one you tell
to your future
mother-in-law
“Yes Mrs. Peters,
that meal was wonderful!”
Or the one you tell
to your future
father-in-law
“No Mr. Peters,
we’re waiting until
we’re married.”
or the lies that
politicians all
tell We the People,
like
“No new taxes”
or
“Ill create new jobs”
or
“They started it with their
weapons of mass destruction.”
Funny how those weapons
massively disappeared

So why would anyone
bother to lie about
Shakespeare?
What did he do to
deserve that?
Maybe he voted for
the wrong party
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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