Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Dickens Begone

Charles Dickens came to the U.S.
In 1842 to mix
Pleasure with making money - yes!
Debts that he hoped the trip would fix.
He found America to be
Too acquisitive and so rude,
Spitting tobacco in D.C.,
Society was very crude.
But what got Dickens really hot,
The pirating of Dicken's work.
He was losing money - a lot.
The peeved press called him a jerk.

Came time to leave and all did cheer
To get the Dickens out of here.