Shakespeare from Juliet and me

10Dec06

Shakespeare from Juliet’s lips once asked
The question:
what’s in a name?
she asked it because her heart was stolen
by someone who’s name she dare not even
speak
in the presence of her father.
I say today:
what’s in a name?
why is it that upon a remembrance of a certain name
such joy and longing
is immediately awakened in the depths,
I dare not even
speak [...]

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