Dickens

Whereas you’d guess there was an out-of-character 

glitch somewhere, in this iteration its less indictment 

than statement where the cookie’s at; - not as if you 

give a rats either way, just knowing before the event 

it isn’t going to happen’s a privilege you’d like to get 

used to because it makes sense, a lot more sense - 

and that’s the blessing with relevance to where you 

situate - if you’re mainly a character out of Dickens 

And that isn’t an easy role to play - but we keep the 

truth safe from invasions of ambivalence - it’s creed 

we’ve abided forever or at least since we learned to 

read what meant and still makes sense; even if this 

means we’re never freed of its ludicrous characters 

playing cameos in their own insipid defence 

© 22 December 2015, I. D. Carswell