Is Shakespeare Any Less Dead? Poem by Bryan Corbett

is Shakespeare?
any less dead
for having
written
            (or stolen)
his words?

i think
that he
is
still quite
dead,
indeed

so, you better
put on another
pot of coffee
please

this is going to be
(or not to be)
a very long night,
indeed

typing letter after letter
to form word after word
and stanza after stanza
and page after page
and book after book
searching for
eternity
or maybe
just searching for
   

                        myself.