Reading As A Reader Or As A Writer? Poem by Denis Martindale

READER:

The first page was interesting...
The first chapter was fascinating...
That hero is quite a cynic, isn't he?
Another damsel in distress, I see!
Uh-oh, it's getting complicated...
He gets to kiss the girl...
And she liked it...
Her boyfriend didn't...
Her Dad's not too keen either...
Her Mum's jealous...
I did not see that coming...
That's four hours I'll never see again...

WRITER:

Brilliant first page, I'll nick some of those phrases...
The first chapter... I'm so jealous right now...
That hero, coulda been better...
As expected, there's a girlie...
Blimey, this writer's doing my head in...
Here's that smoochie, kissy-kissy scene...
Of course, she liked it, the little teaser!
Boyfriend? What boyfriend?
Dad's a control freak with catchy insults though...
Mum's not the happy housewife...
Why kill him? Why kill her?
I could write better stuff than that any day...


Denis Martindale March 2019.