Damn You, Damn You, Damn You, <br />Who gave you the right to do <br />What you have done to my creations <br />With you stupid obliterations. <br /> <br />Can’t you understand what theater is <br />It’s nothing that is hit or miss, <br />But must entertain if it is to win <br />The glory of approbations of man. <br /> <br />I wrote these pieces; some simple <br />Others complex and ample, <br />They were from my scratchy pen <br />The efforts to the audience win. <br /> <br />Some too clever by far <br />And others that ascended like a star. <br />But every one was intended <br />To amuse (and by the way, my purse extended) <br /> <br />And yet, the path for academic scribes to hell <br />Is paved with good intentions; know you well, <br />There are those who had evil intentions <br />To destroy one of the great writers of English compositions. <br /> <br />Nay I say to you, if the likes of dogs you breed <br />Are allowed to at the table feed, <br />(They’ll grow fat on the copro-) <br />Provided by you of an academic bent <br />Who with self-serving intent <br />Further themselves amongst your peers <br />By repeating that which is pleasant to their ears. <br />No regard of whether is fact or fiction, <br />As long as it continues in the well known direction. <br />Besmirching the character of the man <br />Who almost single hand(ed) <br />Brought back to the public’s attention <br />The greatest writer of the British nation. <br /> <br />So I say to you, “Damn you, Damn you, Damn you! <br />Give up the attack on John Payne Collier and give him his due! ” <br />by W. Shagspere of modern times<br /><br />Sidi J. Mahtrow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/patience-lost-on-not-so-great-men/
