So many critics are F.O.S. <br />so much so they can hardly sit <br />Some are just so full of it <br />Hope they don't step in it <br /> <br />They can dazzle you with 'fact' <br />As if they have put together an act <br />One devoid of sensibility or tact <br />More like some Satanic pact <br /> <br />Some pretend they are the world's greatest poet <br />They criticize the young and flaunt their vocabulary <br />Not realizing their verbosity or the hipocricy <br />and if you're younger then them, they'll let you know it <br /> <br />Others sit with their smoking pipes and tweed caps <br />angry thaty they never had an opportunity to pick up the 'clap' <br />and if you should injure their ego with a slap <br />they'll round up your pens and suck out the sap <br /> <br />I guess what I'm saying is that he critics can be hard <br />They fashion themselve to have atained the status of an old bard <br />But really they're just F.O.S. <br />They get jealous if a newbie happens to have 'it' <br /> <br />So keep writing your poems <br />And say what you want or what you feel <br />The critics are as hard as they are angry <br />They're impotent and haven't yet learned how to deal! <br /> <br />They just like to harp and spin your wheel <br />Convincing you that their credentials are real <br />They'll dazzle and amaze you with their factual attacks <br />But they're F.O.S....and that's a fact..Jack! !<br /><br />JAMES T. ADAIR<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/so-many-critics-are-f-o-s/
