
i
am
nothing
edgar
i
nothing
am
nothingamedgar
edgariedgar
no---thing
i
am
(there
is
method in this madness we are more than we might seem the ripeness is all
LOOK UP MY LORD
bastard
son
i
ll
i
get
i
mate
leg
i
ti
mate
i
edmund
am
nothing
edmund
blood
nothing
my name is EDGAR and i am a
son of Gloucester
my name is EDMUND and i am
the
other
son of Gloucester
born in wedlock
born out of wedlock
i am we are the son THE sons of Gloucester
am
nothing
edgar
i
nothing
am
nothingamedgar
edgariedgar
no---thing
i
am
(there
is
method in this madness we are more than we might seem the ripeness is all
LOOK UP MY LORD
bastard
son
i
ll
i
get
i
mate
leg
i
ti
mate
i
edmund
am
nothing
edmund
blood
nothing
my name is EDGAR and i am a
son of Gloucester
my name is EDMUND and i am
the
other
son of Gloucester
born in wedlock
born out of wedlock
i am we are the son THE sons of Gloucester
(cainabelcain the difference of three letters)
bound by blood
and sep(edgar)rat(edmund)d by lack of purity
(no (less in dignity am i edmund no less for the ceremony of my birth) thing)
fatherfatherfatherfather
from my mother
from my mother
why did you
MY mother
why?
the lands the wealth the fame my brother
brother
edmund
brother
mine
legitimate
edgar
legitimate
god smile on bastards
god
my brother
EDMUND
D
G
A
R
the difference of four letters
ededgarmund
why?
life has worth is worth worthwhile suffering is not just pain is not just my father blind
my father
bleeding rings
my father
MY BROTHER
my blood no greater than yours brother
and if it is
it has brought me only pain
blood blood
not enough of it
find me blood legitimate find me blood spilled life blood
my life
not worth a life dirty
bastard son
whoreson
dirty
more
blood
blind the fool
the fool is blind
bloodbloodblood
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
BEGAT
THE SINS OF THE SON
oh edmund, (if you but look up, my brother) my brother
what have you done?
bound by blood
and sep(edgar)rat(edmund)d by lack of purity
(no (less in dignity am i edmund no less for the ceremony of my birth) thing)
fatherfatherfatherfather
from my mother
from my mother
why did you
MY mother
why?
the lands the wealth the fame my brother
brother
edmund
brother
mine
legitimate
edgar
legitimate
god smile on bastards
god
my brother
EDMUND
D
G
A
R
the difference of four letters
ededgarmund
why?
life has worth is worth worthwhile suffering is not just pain is not just my father blind
my father
bleeding rings
my father
MY BROTHER
my blood no greater than yours brother
and if it is
it has brought me only pain
blood blood
not enough of it
find me blood legitimate find me blood spilled life blood
my life
not worth a life dirty
bastard son
whoreson
dirty
more
blood
blind the fool
the fool is blind
bloodbloodblood
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
BEGAT
THE SINS OF THE SON
oh edmund, (if you but look up, my brother) my brother
what have you done?

Meghan,
ReplyDeleteSo sorry that my comment didn't publish, earlier. It was a good one, too. I love the graphic representation (the concrete poetry) and especially the acrostic? of Edgar coming off of Edmund. Nice work!