WHY AM I READING THIS?

I just got sent this on my Henry James list, it made me smile. Aidan Harman wrote:

"This poem by Oliver Reynolds, from the Times Literary Supplement of 5 December 2008, my strike a chord with list members as it did with me.

The Master (with Epigoni)

Trying yet again to tackle
one of the current bunch
(invidious etc. to name names)

I found myself thinking
Why am I reading this
when I could be reading James?"