from
this week in 2015 (I
was 70)
When the self-addressed
stamped envelope
returned
marked Rejected
or stated so
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
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 appointed
to draft a mission statement
doesn’t miss a
missing member
A class
shouldn’t 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
So in spite I
mailed another failure in
With a return
envelope addressed to them
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