To Be Or Not To Be

In Sonnet III, Shakespeare writes as a young man looking in a mirror and wondering if he should impregnate a young woman for his posterity sake. It begins: Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form another. In my poem, I write as Shakespeare might in 2023. I chose a free verse. TO BE OR NOT TO BE see that handsome face in the mirror you’re a wolf - long hair and beard whom only a mother could love mother may I stay single or should I try to cookie cut another just like me, a good looking guy i know my lady wants me for a husband, but why should this guy not spread himself around she’s wide open, but do I want a kid - one with long hair and a beard; perhaps with rings and a tattoo… my mother’s begging me to settle down, give her grandkids… she recalls the day I was born the sunshine of her life i do admit I have a certain kind of radiance now I ask who am I to be or not to be the guy who adds a spouse and multiplies 1/13/2022 Shakespeare in 2023 Sponsor: Anoucheka Gangabissoon