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Dickens of a Christmas

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens wrote,
Hoping to improve finances,
Written at "white heat" speed the quote
Under stressful circumstances.
Dickens paid for the publishing,
For profit percent in exchange.
High costs left Dickens a wishing
A better deal he might arrange.
But,alas, it was not to be.
After a year the profits were
In pound numbers quite miserly,
Disappointing Dickens for sure.

When Dickens' creditors did bug,
Dickens would mutter, "Bah, Humbug!"