Time said to me, pompously
'I have had enough of you
don't you realise
I have done you favours--many?

I replied, not angrily
but soberly:
'  I asked for none
  all that I did or
  didn't do
  throughout my life
was the outcome
of my being born into the world
to play my small part
lest I fail myself and others around

how could I have taken advantage of you
as you are known
for your parsimony?
indeed mankind regards
you as tyranny

I count you neither
as friend or enemy

you have your things to do
and I have mine
it was you who raised the question
we should just stop talking
I have work to do
responsibilities to bear--so many

You have had enough of me?
but I have the right to be around
life is an open book
and a real democracy
so, respect my right to be
my integrity
I am not a garrulous
or recalcitrant person
just a simple bloke
who likes to live a quiet life
taking care of my own business
and not one
to poke my nose
into what others do
as you are doing
right now to me

I want to keep my boundary
and not have you lecturing to me
I am a free man, in every way--free
don't you have the humility
to understand and see?

You have had enough of me
it's your opinion
do I really have to listen) ? '