I wrote you a book
But here are the pithy details.
Your facts are correct.
And I figured you wouldn’t like what I said.
But, appealing to your better nature,
I heard you reply several times,
“Things are what they are, and it’s inevitable.”
So… you just accept things for how they are,
And say devil may care?
Ok…
Well, you need to know
That people who spend a lifetime
Doing something,
Don’t make a dime doing it today.
That should infuriate you.
And capitalism is,
In all basic necessities,
Nicholas Sparks.
And so is the modern Publishing process.
So, on one hand you snicker
About how you hate capitalism.
On the other hand,
You just blindly accept it.
Then you decide that your contribution makes no difference.
Again, I’m not arguing with you.
I’m probing you for useful information.
I saw in you
Something that was true,
But then you went down a different path
Not recommending the great works, because XYZ.
The books you read are not entertainment.
They are containers of ideas.
And you need to respect that,
If you’re ever going to be someone
Who has any contributions to make.
Because
Fiction is not always about entertainment.
Some of our most important ideas and discoveries
Came from it.
Also, some writers are not a team of editors.
In fact, most of us,
If not all of us,
Are not.
And just so you know,
I listened to every word you said twice.
I understand you,
The same way you understand capitalism.
It’s just as elitist to say what you’re saying,
That corruption is inevitable.
And telling me I “Mansplain”,
Whatever that means,
It’s stupid.
Isn’t Mansplaining just an ad hominem attack
On my gender?
To be honest,
I had first thought you were a man.
The only difference my post had
Knowing that you’re a woman
Was I said “Courtesy”
Instead of “Bow.”
Other than that, it’s the exact same.
So, telling me I mansplain,
I must mansplain to everyone.
And what I was doing was reasoning with you,
That perhaps you shouldn’t pander
To get audiences.
I hate that kind of crap.
B. K. Neifert 