from this week in 2015 (I was 70)
When the self-addressed stamped envelope
returned marked Rejected
or so stated in curt form
letter language
I thought they meant the
enclosed manuscript
But I was young and it was
so much more
They rejected the very idea
that it was worthwhile
for them to take the time
to put it in the SASE
distasteful to moisten the
glue to seal its fate
But they did it because it
was their job
In the end they felt they
had the final word
from some anonymous writer
even if they had not
I may have learned to repay
rejection with rejection
It is an easy thing to
learn
At the farmers’ market an
unsavory acquaintance
is easily ignored among the
selection of peaches
The committee to draft a
mission statement
doesn’t miss a missing
member
The syllabus should not
require dinner at the professor’s house
It is a presumption beyond
the scope of course description
Reunions should be as brief
and meaningless
as the memories they
rekindle
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