One thing I definitely DON’T want to talk about is the fact that I had two (2!) poems rejected by this otherwise outstanding issue of Free The Verse, with its “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” theme, ably edited by Zara Shams Kassem.
I would have been in some fine company, IF the editor had found me worthy, but, umm…nope.
Oh well. Onward, right?
Here’s one of the rejects:
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Modern Medicine
He calls the pill guy and the pill guy
has the pill guy’s aide call him back
and the pill guy’s aide tells him to
call the doctor’s office and
tell the doctor’s answering machine
to call the pill guy back
and to leave a message
on the pill guy’s answering machine
to let him know that the doctor’s sure
it’s okay to give him some pills
or to give him some other pills instead
and the next thing he knows
the pill guy calls him back and
—Lo and Behold—
PILLS !!
No sweat.
Easy Peasy, right?
A couple days later, the mail guy
delivers indecipherable papers
from the insurance guy…
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Read everybody else’s work here:
Free The Verse Issue #5
~ I Don’t Want To Talk About It ~
