The author Dickens did not have to make up Scrooge;
That type had been around forever, like as not.
Nor did he have to invent Cratchit as a stooge;
For some example of him we can see a lot.
So human nature can be seen as rubber stamps,
There is not one which any author needs invent.
We’ll always have the J.P.Morgans down to tramps;
The thing we have to ponder, is this what God meant?
This brings us to the one thing which is ours: Free Will,
Which brings up energy, desire, and intellect.
We all have had some opportunities to fill,
But which, if any, did we have means to select?
But we don’t need to be a miser so to change;
Most likely, also, there won’t be three spirits nigh.
However, all the lessons proffered aren’t so strange;
In truth, we live and learn the lessons which apply.
© Richard Williams