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Jack and Jill, According to Shakespeare

Jack and Jill,

According to Shakespeare

2012, Olan L. Smith

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OLAN:

            'Tis Jack and Jill who fetched a pail upon

            Yon hill, and didst young Jack fall down? And make

            Fair Jill come tumbling after him? I ask,

            'Twas justice served by such events that day?

            Alas, poor Jack ― I knew him well, a flagon of water        

            For Jill, this crown upon his head once sat. This same crown,

            'Twas on his head! A most eager Jill she hath

            So tumbled a thousand times; and now, how

            Must I face this crowd that gathered near? How shall I explain?

            Such calamity, such pestilence has befallen the Queen?

            Come, fetch his Royal Mum, divulge that Hades hath

            Not offered Jack reprieve. Julie tell

            Me one thing?

JULIE:

            What's that, my friend?

OLAN:

            Dost thou think Persephone looks favorable

            Upon this Kingdom fair?

JULIE:

            E'er so, my friend.

OLAN:

            Then bargain Jack for me?

            Imagine my noble dust for his until

            My bung-hole finds passage o'er

            The River Styx and I for Jack; 'tis straight

            Up, make it so.

(This is a parody on Shakespeare and nursery rhymes)