Reader and Author

The Reader approached the Author.

READER: I read your book, and you write in parables, which are for kids, but you use adult words, like "butt".  Why would you do that?
AUTHOR: Parables don't have to be exclusively for children.  My stories are for anyone, everyone, but my intended audience is one primarily made of adults.
READER: I can tell they're supposed to be about things that apply to my life.  Why do you write about me in parables, Author?
AUTHOR: The things that apply to your life also apply to others.  I'm not just writing about you, I'm also writing about me and anyone else who recognizes something of their world in my stories.
READER: But I don't like it.  I feel like you're taunting me with a child's story.  It makes me feel guilty about doing things you are judging me for.
AUTHOR: I'm not judging you, Reader.  After all, you ended that previous sentence with a preposition.  I'm just writing about how I see things.
READER: It feels like when you write in broad terms, like your parables allow you to, you skip over the details of people's lives that would give them reasons to act the way they do.  Like Craig in the pool with Veronica.  I felt like Craig, but I wouldn't help Veronica because I have deep vein thrombosis and I have problems of my own.
AUTHOR: That's where you and Craig are different.  Craig didn't have deep vein thrombosis and wasn't struggling like you.  It sounds like you're more like Veronica than Craig, from what you're telling me.
READER: But I ain't no woman!  I'm just saying, people have reasons, I have reasons for not helping others! 
AUTHOR: I'm glad that people have reasons for behaving poorly, otherwise people would be acting without reason, which is called "chaos".  Yet, it's still behaving poorly, reasons or not, wouldn't you agree?
READER: (ignoring AUTHOR) Why would you write like you do when you so obviously want to just blame others for the problems of the world rather than taking responsibility yourself, you uppity, left-wing, liberal communist??
AUTHOR: (taking a beat) Because writing in parables is easier than telling everybody they're doing it all wrong.  And I'm lazy.
READER: Are you making fun of me?
AUTHOR: No.  You're right to be upset at an author of a book, because there's no better place for your anger to be aimed.
READER: I don't like you.
AUTHOR: Of course.

READER walks away.