a/n: a 60 word poem on "A Study in Scarlet". A delay changes history.

And a clerihew, from the POV of Holmes.


What Might Have Been


The Criterion Bar:

Stamford enters quite late,

His appearance delayed

By a long, drawn out case.

A vaguely familiar figure limps past;

But he doesn't turn round;

Doesn't study his face.

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He orders a drink,

Clearly lost in his thoughts.

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The ex fellow medic departs,

Quite alone.

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A microscope slide

Checked intently elsewhere...

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The fate of two people,

Forever unknown.

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Doctor John Watson


Doctor John Watson

Embellishes plots on

Any occasion, if given half a chance,

And fills "The Strand" with high adventure, mystery and romance.

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