cold morning
pissing on the windscreen
warm water
© Rachel Green January 2026
On Declining to Perform Shakespeare
Duke Orsinio pining for Olivia
whilst shipwrecked twins wash up on separate shores;
Viola wants to serve the Countess all year
but, pining for Sebastian, she cannot offer chores.
So Viola dons some drag to serve the duke
and calls herself Cesario instead
Orsinio sends (him) by some well-plotted fluke
to woo the countess in his stead.
Meanwhile the brother, Seb, turns up, and dim,
becomes engaged to the lady fair
(because she loves Cesario and thinks he (him)
though Viola loves the duke, I swear.
But thanks to the Americans, who voted for a joke
actors in drag are hanged 'til dead by his Red Hatted folk.
© Rachel Green January 2026
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