Letters to Romeo, Juliet, And Shakespeare

Letters to Juliet

Letters to Romeo, Juliet, And Shakespeare

Part II: Letters to Juliet

Dear Juliet

You are a character in a play/book/movie

So why are you real?

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You're not real in the sense

That you randomly showed up out of a book

No

You're real because I'm you

And you are me

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You, Juliet, are my second persona

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The minute I joined that play

I was stuck with you in my body

Forever

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Why did I have to be Juliet, out of all characters?

I was in sixth grade

For Heaven's sake

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I experienced the love you felt for Romeo

But I also experienced hatred of him

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In your story

You were treated like a lady

And the guys seemed somewhat

Like gentlemen

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In my story

Romeo and I argued

And the Friar hit me

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I don't get why

I had to be you, of all characters

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I mean

I always pictured you with black hair and brown eyes and white skin

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I don't look like I could be you

Except maybe the brown eyes

But other than that

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I don't look like a girl

Whose alter-ego just so happens

To be Juliet freaking Capulet!

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Our stories are quite similar

Yet so different

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Our Romeos are an interesting pair

But that's a story for later

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Juliet my dear,

You don't belong in these poems

But if we're the same person

You just have to sit back and watch the show.

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Juliet, please tell me what drove you

So mad about your beloved Romeo?