Richard III is remembered because of Shakespeare,

goes the claim so often repeated

during these days after the king's resurrection of sorts.

Those who make this claim forget

that Shakespeare chose the subjects of his plays

based by what was already well known,

well remembered

and that now he is remembered

for these characters

without which

no one would remember William Shakespeare.

Without Richard III, Macbeth and the rest

time would have annihilated his memory

like it did the names of those

who gave all those wounds

to Richard III at Bosworth.

08.02.2013