Please Critique What I Wrote
By Elton Camp
Many times I’ve gotten this request
To politely refuse, I’ve learned is best
“Your honest opinion is what I ask”
Actual desire for praise does mask
Dare to say anything but “It’s great”
And your very guts they will hate
Any criticism will drive them wild
Almost as if you slapped their child
It has more faults than a dog has fleas
Yet lavish praise is all that will please
You can know that the writer will say,
“What makes you a critic anyway!”
“You are as presumptuous as can be
To say such insulting things to me.”
He’s forgotten he made the request
Now it is you who’s put to the test
If, to critique a work, you dare try
Expect broken bones and black eye
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