You may think me obsequious,
creepy and cadaverous,
a hand-wringing usurer
and sly blackmailer,
but I did it all for love.
I cannot help the alabaster
hands that manipulate my master,
the delicate brows and lashes
framing blood red eyes.
I know I am despised.
My name may sound infectious,
possibly pernicious,
but it’s an honest moniker
from a devoted mother
and we are very ‘umble.
I desired recognition
for my complete devotion
to my ailing employer
and his beautiful daughter:
a bit of gratitude.
I heaved myself with humility
up the ladder of mobility
when all I really needed was a friend.
It was other people’s friendship
that ruined me in the end.
Kim M. Russell, 2017
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My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads The Villain Speaks
For today’s prompt Rommy has asked us to give a voice to a fictional villain. She wants to know what makes them so villainous: do they feel justified in their villainy or is there part of the story we may not have been told?
I chose Uriah Heep from ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens.
writing in north norfolk 
The title was perfect! It set the tone for the rest of the piece very well. The structure for this was also spot on. Thoroughly enjoyable piece.
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Thank you, Rommy! I’ll be back to read soon!
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Wonderful take Kim!
http://imagery77.blogspot.my/2017/04/lesson-learnt-next-time-not-to-bother.html
Hank
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Thank you, Hank! I’ve just got home so I’ll be back to read later.
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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Thank you!
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Oh, I think you’ve got him! But I’m afraid you can’t make me like him, even if you can make me feel some grudging pity.
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It was hard to choose a villain – there are so many great ones. I thought of Bill Sykes and Fagin, but Uriah won in the end!
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Uriah Heep! I knew exactly who the character was, before I read your notes. This is spot on, with just the right measure of ‘feeling sorry’ for himself.
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There were so many Dickens characters to choose from but he won hands down!
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Nasty piece of work…gets no sympathy here…did it for love did he?….hmmmm…great write Kim.
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Thank you, Paul! Very ‘eavy, very ‘umble…
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Awesome! 🌹🌹🌹😎
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Thank you, Dorna!
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Nicely done, Kim!
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Thanks De!
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“but I did it all for love” — Oh sure. But, …
“I heaved myself with humility
up the ladder of mobility
when all I really needed was a friend”
I like Dickens, this was a nice ‘explanation’. Thank you, Kim
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Jim!
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The imagery in your first stanza paired with your chosen image is pure delight! Love this.
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Thanks Magaly!
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Uriah Heep! This poem is fantastic, really well done… I love the rhymes and almost-rhymes. Could have been Renfield, too… I saw him on my first read. Love it.
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Yes, physically I can see Renfield, but he was manipulated by Dracula whereas Uriah Heep is the manipulator. I feel sorry for Renfield but am glad when Uriah Heep is caught out!
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Physically I can see Renfield but het was manipulated by Dracula whereas Uriah Heep is the manipulator. I can’t feel sorry for him.
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Yes, yes. I get that completely. I think I visualized Renfield from the show Penny Dreadful, actually, in my more recent memory than reading either Dracula or David Copperfield. 🙂
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Can’t help but sympathize with him!
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😊
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This is soo powerful! I can almost picture the character and his malicious ways 😀 Kudos!
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Thank you, Sanaa!
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It was other people’s friendship that ruined me in the end. Wow!
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It was David Copperfield’s friendship with Mr Micawber that brought about Uriah Heep’s downfall – if it wasn’t for that he might have got away with it.
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