Recently I was semi-watching The Chase on TV while waiting for the local television news. Anne Hegerty aka “Governess” surprised me by correctly answering the question: “What band sang Orange Crush”. The correct answer was R.E.M. It seemed such an unlikely piece of random knowledge for a “Governess”. Mind you I don’t have to practice being wrong when it comes to ascribing personal narratives to those I don’t even know.
Being a curious cat, I dived down into an internet rabbit hole to find out where the phrase “What the Dickens” originated. This poem was the result:
Name: Dickens
Year written: September 2023
Written by: Kees Nydam
Release date: The poem was posted on Facebook and LinkedIn in September 2023
Publisher: NA
Legals: NA
Dickens
I now am, you blooded me
You’re not a fan of subtlety
I now share your stream of consciousness
At once, in need of a wanton kiss
You ask me “Am I broken yet”
I say “Yes, and more than that
You branded me, I’m your draftee
You pushed a button, jigged my reset”
Plush green meadows were my dream
Till searing winds arrived unseen
I sensed a savage laser beam
Weather changes quickly here
Do come closer to me dear
Let’s share a hot Hades hug
What’s going on right here
Ain’t exactly clear In this blaze let’s not forget
Why we’re here and our purpose
Now as my muse, you illuminate
The line from baptism to divine insight
Maim all of us for torture’s sake
Draw us back to a state
Where we’re awake, reborn to walk
A timeworn trodden track to war
You blooded me
Your stream of consciousness
Is now mine and from now
I hunger for a wanton kiss
What the Dickens did I miss
Why this hunger for a wanton kiss
What the Dickens did I miss
Why now this hunger for a wanton kiss
I now am, you blooded me
You’re not a fan of subtlety
I now share your stream of consciousness
At once, in need of a wanton kiss
You ask me “Am I broken yet”
I say “Yes, and more than that
You branded me, I’m your draftee
You pushed a button, jigged my reset”
Plush green meadows were my dream
Till searing winds arrived unseen
I sensed a savage laser beam
Weather changes quickly here
Do come closer to me dear
Let’s share a hot Hades hug
What’s going on right here
Ain’t exactly clear In this blaze let’s not forget
Why we’re here and our purpose
Now as my muse, you illuminate
The line from baptism to divine insight
Maim all of us for torture’s sake
Draw us back to a state
Where we’re awake, reborn to walk
A timeworn trodden track to war
You blooded me
Your stream of consciousness
Is now mine and from now
I hunger for a wanton kiss
What the Dickens did I miss
Why this hunger for a wanton kiss
What the Dickens did I miss
Why now this hunger for a wanton kiss