"O" isfor Othello

Othello was a mighty fine fellow

who graced one of Billy Shakes plays

Although being a mighty fine fellow

he was quite controversial for back in the day

For Othello was a moor and not the royal rich white man

 who usually graced the queens stage

So both he and William Shakespeare were characters

quite ahead of their own age

How dare poor Billy write a black man

as the lead of one of his plays

For only the rich powerful and white man

 ever did act way back in his day

I'm sure old William and I

would have got along quite well

Oh, for I can only imagine

the stories we'd tell

Of how just to mess with the crown

and all the royal family

he would write characters for

women and minorities

Oh how we would laugh

at the preposterous of it all

How many rich white men would dress

in drag just to fill a hall

Whether he knew or not how his

plays would still affect

the way the world works

and its very dialect

I'm sure Billy Shakes

is laughing in his grave

at the jokes he played

when he wrote his plays 

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