Dickens in Bed
Her- letter appears in the morning: a ghost
Unexpected and somewhat alarming - I hear
The clamour of bells pealing loud at my guilt, feel the
Weight of the chains that I forged from her pain.
How simple it was to bury this lover! Kid’s stuff
To blot out those Christmasses past, but now
Her appearance has fraught and disturbed me - catching
My heart like a burr on the sleeve.
And as I remember the things that she said and the
Way that she looked as she stepped from her dress and the
Things that we did as she lay on the bed and the
Fast asleep face like a schoolgirl, I think
How it would be if we two could ... But then
I read the bit on her marriage: ‘Really
Nice man, I’m sure you’d get on.’ - Smashing
Her life since I forced her to leave.
‘I haven’t done much’ I shall write in reply,
‘Things with me are the same as ever. My life’s
Beer, books and Dickens in bed.’ She’ll knew
Who the ghost is and why he was laid.
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