Yeah Write

I’ve travelled back in time to meet with William Shakespeare 
My research turned up something and it’s that that brought me here
He was meant to be so clever
And I need to find out whether
It’s true that he can even write if he is full of beer

I understand he wrote a sonnet standing on his head
And scrawled a limerick while he was falling out of bed
He’d write while he was pulling weeds
He’d write while he was sowing seeds
And even during cuddles with his wife, or so she said

My Time Machine took many years to build and then perfect 
So I could check out facts too long ago to recollect
With thirty-eight plays; give or take 
I’ll prove that Shakespeare was a fake
I think perhaps old Shakespeare led some kind of weirdo sect 

So here I am in Shakespeare’s house, where Anne is baking cakes
He’s writing, judging by the sound a quill on paper makes
Anne said, “My Bill is writing now,
His quill makes that unholy row
I’ll ask him to come talk to you… as soon as he awakes.”
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Date: 8/15/2023 7:25:00 PM
Ha, ha! Cute one, Terry. Amazing you even found Will to begin with. I hear that he was actually just a rumor! ~ Smelling the Bacon
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Date: 8/15/2023 4:55:00 AM
Very creative and inspiring Terry…… In deep silent sleep Shakespeare words did form - His quill and ink would then write until morn - His words soon art formed - Brisk as a fierce storm - Was that the way the Tempest play was born.…… Belle
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Date: 8/15/2023 8:05:00 AM
We’ll make a poet out of you yet…. Oops! You already are. Thanks Belle. Glad you enjoyed. Terry
Date: 8/6/2023 8:11:00 PM
Did you at least shake his spear loose and bring it back for 'pundits' to examine and make elegant pronouncements about. ~ Creature of the Swamp
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Date: 8/15/2023 8:09:00 AM
I did take his spear, but my Time Machine is compact. When I looked at the spear and mumbled, ‘So where am I supposed to put this?’ Mr Shake told me… and it wasn’t poetic! So now he’s bard.
Date: 8/5/2023 5:01:00 PM
Brilliant Terry!! Soooo funny….Clever man! Debx
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Date: 8/6/2023 1:20:00 AM
Thanks, Deb. I sat on this for a few days, unsure if anyone would get it. But of course, Soupers are cleverer(?) than the average human. well at least one is… ha ha!
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