Like most critics you commented on the ridiculousness of the plot of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. We finished reading it in a restaurant overlooking the sea, drinking Aperol. Most men are snakes, you concluded. I mentioned how I had recently listened to a podcast titled, ‘Shakespeare’s Sex Life’. The guest on the show explained how the ‘Nothing’ is a pun referring to the labia. You rolled your eyes and sucked your apple-flavoured vape. I asked for a puff and you handed it to me. You grinned when I choked.
Aaron Lembo’s debut poetry pamphlet 'It’s All Gone Don Juan' (erbacce-press) was published in 2020. His poetry has been published widely online and in print in journals such as The Spectator, One Hand Clapping and Magma. Currently, he works as a teacher of English and lives in South East London.
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