How Dare You Read My Poem!

What! ? How dare you read my poem! ? You've filled me with regret! I had to edit and to trim! It's not quite finished yet! But you stood there and thought it done, Then criticised with glee... I tell you this, I'd just begun! That's so unfair to me! God help me to forgive you now, You acted in advance, That's why, in part, I can allow, Perhaps you took a chance... I'll share this poem later on, When everything's complete, I hope, by then, all doubts have gone, If so, we'll stand agreed... If not, it's just my point of view, My final take, no more, The way you take it's up to you, That's what the poem's for! Denis Martindale, copyright June 2014.