On The Occasion Of…
Posterity
has been very kind
to Mr. C. D.*
and so to remind
on his bi-
centenary
the paper has listed
some useful old words
that they have found printed
among his large oeuvre.
Two centuries on and
so sad to say
sharp practise and snobbery
still thrive today
and the rich are in charge
and the poor get the blame
and what would he say?
He’d think it a shame.
Jo Kirk
Feb 2012
* Charles Dickens, born 7 Feb 1812 and died June 1870
