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EmelyAmaya

Period:1
11/4/15

DesolateSoil

Underthegray,sombersky,everdrizzlinginmyriadtearsovertheland,Weobservethe
gravediggerssteadyandcumbersomeheavesthroughtheearth,hisexpressionofnonchalance
andhismerrysingingavilecontempttowhatthismournfulexpanseofthelostholds.

Greatmenwereonceburiedhere,theirbodiesonceplacedwithexceptionalreverence
andhonor,Imurmursullenly,whilemynumbeyescontinuedtowitnesstheunearthing,And
nowlookwhattheyhavebeenreducedto,scrapsofinconsequentiallife,meddledbyameasly
wretchwithnothought.

Horatiocontinuestostandunmovingbehindme,hisaustereandreticentdemeanor
disguisinganinsistencetodepartandareadinesstochoosehiswordsastonotprovokemy
speculation.Itisthewayoflife,Isuppose,Hesays,noemotionescapinghiswords.

ThewayofLife,Irepeatarduously.Iachefromtheinevitabletruth,myhopes
shrivelinganddyinglikethosemenwhoseskullswerethenbeingdismissedfromtheearthlike
revoltingviscera.Icringedatthethought.Didntthesepeopleaccomplishandthrivefortheir
treasuresandlegacieswiththeirlivesbuttothenhavethemdashedandforgotten,totreatthem
asmeaninglessbaubles?!,Idemandincredulously.Morearebeingdisturbedwhereweare


EmelyAmaya
Period:1
11/4/15

nowandwhoknowswhotheywere?!Theirlivesmeaningnothingwhentheyleavethisworld,
nevertoberecognizedagain,abandonedineternaloblivion.Itkillsme!,Icry,breakingunder
myshareoflosthope,knowingIwasinDeathseye,preparingformesuchafate.

Thegravediggerseemedtoabandonhistasktowatchme.Withcursedshovelinhand,he
approachesus,atrivialgrinmarringhisinsolentface,certainlyfindinggreatamusementinmy
despair.Seeheretheskullonwhichyouplaceyourselfupon,hedirectsmyeyesdownto
whereIkneelandfindasolitary,begrimedskull,thefaceofDeathlookingatme,entrappingme
inhissinister,emptygaze.Withcurtreserve,Iriseandbid,Whowasit?.

Inhisoffensiveblithe,heresponds,Itwasonceajaunty,puckofamanbythenameof
Yorick,whosuitedhimselftothewishesofthelateKingHamletashisjester,Hechuckles
flippantly.

OhYorick,Ipickhimupwithremorsefulhands.Therewasamanwhobrought
merryuntoall,aloyalcompanion.Nowwhereareyourtalentsandsuits?Havetheybeenlost
foreverwithyou?Fornomantoeverpartakeinthemagain?.Iplacehisremainsdowntothe
forsakenearthagain.Mysoulisailingandabused.IapproachHoratiowithintoxicatinganxiety.
AndwhatofAlexander?Doeshelooksuchasthis?Reekingofdefilement,purposefulonly
nowforrectifyinginconsequentialthingsofman?!AndtheGreatCaesar,buriedbuttothenbe
returnedtodust,utilizedfornothingofjustimport.


EmelyAmaya
Period:1
11/4/15

Maybeso,mylord,Horatioreplies,hisexpressionmelancholyinthewitnessofmytorment.

Wherewillwefindthesemeninthisworld?,Iwhispertomyselfineuphoria,And
willwesoonjointhemadriftineternalmisery?

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