Poetry Jam

My line comes from George Gershwin’s ‘I got rhythm’. Thanks to Brian Miller for the prompt.

Who could ask for anything more?

Oliver Twist was hungry and poor;

A bowl of gruel to keep him fed,

Water to drink and a crust of bread -

Who could ask for anything more?

He had bad times, behind locked doors,

Days in the workhouse were hard,

Normal life to him was barred -

Should he wish for anything more?

Living  a life beyond the law,

With Fagin teaching him thieving,

Could he ever start believing

That he could search for anything more?

Human failing’s at the core

Of Charles Dickens’ well-known tale;

Oliver’s fate, once thought so frail,

Became a joy to him once more.