Critical Pedantry

When ingratiated with a thing---
As a matter of taste, the first hit
Of the melody, whatever that song is,
Will be your preferred sound;
Or the flavor combination,
Or the first face which awakens love,
Or the specific painter in a style.

Ingratiating oneself with art,
The critic doesn't realize the audience
Hasn't the same cultured taste.
Thus, taking what is generally good,
And can be new for one person,
He rips it apart.

I found myself about to partake in that snobbery today,
Listening to a techno song with all my favorite sounds---
Note they were my favorite sounds---
And my first reaction, within my gut, 
Was to laugh at it, or criticize it,
Not realizing had I listened to that song
As a young man, I would have been satisfied for hours.

A critic is alienated from the wonder of his inner child.
Let the wise never become one.