Who Are You Representing Today? Poem by Louise Tredoux

Context and situation are so very important,
are you playing at being James Bond – who
are you representing today? Maybe Prince
Hamlet, dithering with halitosis, bent on
revenge while all about you dies like
flies for sheer ineptitude

Or are you Macbeth, ready to seize power
sometime, washing your hands of the blood,
are you Othello, the jealous Moor whose
Desdemona sang so tragically before she
finally died, are you Lord Byron, painfully
self-conscious, set on admiring yourself

Are you aspiring to emulate Ghandi, bring
peace to the world – or are you a clever
Don Juan, bent on seducing all females
just for the fun of making conquests? If
so, I hope your presentation
is working well

The spectacle is enchanting and I for one
applaud every conquest you make…