poem of the day 09.18.10

as far as a payback goes

i open email
there is a note from
an editor
of one of the rags
that i keep sending poems too

he’s been rejecting me
a lot these days
even though the writing
in his journal
is no worse than mine

we used to have a good relationship
but for some reason
my stuff hasn’t been doing it
for him lately

the last time
he managed to reject me
within the hour

instead of taking it personally
i was impressed

i need submissions
the email says

submissions

submissions

submissions

it is a group email
that he sent

it must be, i think
all things considered

then i delete the email
and send this batch of poems
somewhere else