Hamlet 3

[poem]

Abstract

On 42nd Street, beyond the bright marquee, alight with Hamlet 2,
We find its star, Steve Coogan. He plays Dana Marschz,
Who came from Canada to Tucson, my hometown, or so it seems
At least as much as Hamlet seems a myth of origins
Enabling our imaginations to conceive of selfhood
In terms of consciousness as process, self-awareness
Struggling to proceed, man or woman thinking,
The American scholar in Wittenberg or Elsinor, Concord or Tucson—
Wherever that might be or we might find ourselves.