[Dickens] never forgave [his mother] for sending his talented sister to a musical academy while he was put out to work without education. Balzac also, one recalls, never forgave his mother.
V. S. Pritchett
In the afterlife Charles Dickens
And Honoré Balzac become
Close friends. They spend
Long evenings together
Talking, laughing and
Not forgiving their mothers.
When Balzac is required
To spend a few days
Haunting Les Halles or
Runway 26 at Orly
Dickens sits alone
Not forgiving Balzac's mother.
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