The Key to Avoiding Rejection Letters
is not to send out writing.
Then you’ll never get one.
Never approach a publisher or agent.
Keep the novels, the stories
in a drawer, lock it up
and throw away the key.
Write your poems on napkins,
burn them in the fireplace.
Keep mum,
when you should
speak.
Never ask out anyone,
no matter how attractive.
You might get a door slammed
on your big toe.
You might just limp away in pain,
tail between your legs.
So worth it.
Worth it, all the same.
© Anne Westlund
prompt: make a
statement and respond to or expand on
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