[the following is an account of the confrontation one evening between an honest rich man, call him 'Rich Man', and a mystery figure, call him 'Ghost', who appeared unannounced and asked Rich Man why he had no wife or children. I guess, in rereading the poem, that the Rich Man was/is a Scientologist! i have altered the poem to reflect that.]
honest 'Rich Man':
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I may have been inspired by the story A Christmas Carol and its main character Scrooge.
I had a brief and 'neutral' encounter with an introductory course (student union sponsored, not Cornell) in Scientology and was slightly acquainted with a 'S' member in college in late 1970s.
'Rich Man Vs. Ghost' is the 'new' title of my tale [[ probably revised and submitted and available for viewing on THIS PAGE. The Previous version was/is Ghost Vs. Rich Man }} ]]
Good one, Bri. There is a ‘Rich Man' and a ‘Ghost" (with a tail, of course) in every man. Enjoyed the humour.
I guess thia poem HASN'T BEEN A 'Member Poem of the Day'.....yet! ! ! Come on, PH, be brave! ! Anyway, today I've sent it to a few of my non-PH friends. : ) bri
Brilliant write that just might be right for all the rich people like yourself Bri? But first give me your money and then go and try to find some honey (good luck there) near impossible when your broke!
OK, THIS IS DEFINITELY BETTER, in my (the author's) humble opinion. i see the quotation marks got changed AGAIN to apostrophes. bri :) august 2013.
'A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 '