{Authors note: Based on chapters 5-7 in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this poem sums up the events that occur relatively nicely and now includes rhymes.}

Utterson walked alone down the road
Upon a now darkening afternoon hour
A lawyer found himself at the door
of a man now draining with power

He found Jekyll sitting inside on a chair
a deathly color now filled him quite pale
and he assured the lawyer that all was fine
That vile man Hyde had hit the trail

To seal that thought
the doctor handed him a note
it bore an upright lettered writing
as one that Hyde had wrote

The lawyer had deduced
Hyde had meant to kill
Jekyll, whom had put
his evil friend in his will

Though Utterson, still confused,
by the appearance of the letter
which had not come by mail
neither the door, no better

Outside, the town bustled
With news of a friend, now cold
Danvers, murdered and dead
And for the clue, Jekyll fit the mold.

Jekyll, now acting odd
Refused the lawyer’s friendly visit
And so with Lanyon he dined
To find from health did he fall

Lanyon, now deeply disturbed
Just gave up on life and couldn’t take more
And a fortnight later he died
It was Hyde that chilled his very core

Another note the lawyer obtained
To be opened when Jekyll no longer existed
Utterson solemnly complied
 And did what the note listed

Sunday comes and the lawyer walked
With his cousin around the block
To the door of Jekyll’s house
And they were about to knock

They, before knocking, found an open window
Found a disconsolate Jekyll sitting
And with him they talked
About a walk together quite fitting

Though Jekyll declined
He sent them a smile
Which suddenly morphed
Into a look with a horrible style

Jekyll threw down the window
And the gentlemen, now mortified
Turned the other way and walked
Their doubts of Jekyll now fortified