Shorten That Story Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

One can and when wished,
Modify that which one has created.
To update with changes made if it is so desired.
However...
Standing in the shadows and prepared to take,
Advantage of any situation that comes their way...
To make claims and false accusations,
Are the naysayers, instigators, betrayers and fakers.
Hoping to replace that which someone else has made,
For the purpose to demean and character assassinate.

And those who have been convinced,
What they have been told to buy makes to them sense...
Await for explanations,
As to why what they have been sold to purchase...
Neither satisfies as the original,
Nor is it close to being mediocre.

'Uh...um.
Excuse me, but...
What you say has been yours all this time,
Has a different presentation.
And the taste of it is less than sublime.
Inferior comes to mind.
Shouldn't it be easy for you to duplicate the taste?
Since the flavor and taste you claimed to have created.'

~Well...
It's like this.
What I really did was to assist.~

'Even 'if' you assisted,
Shouldn't the quality be better than this?
Then who 'is' the true creator? '

~It's a long story.~

'No problem.
Shorten that story.
And tell us...
When did you begin to start,
The telling to spread your big lies? '

~They're not lies.
They are just...~

'Exuberant embellishments?
With a superficial offering to entertain?
Or are your just out of your damn mind? '

~May I have another option, please.~