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rejection slips

add up;

pile up on the drawer

and it hurts

a little

and then

it doesn’t matter

they have

their opinions

and I have mine

and ultimately

there’s a whole big world

called the real world

out there

and all them

have their own opinions, too

and some are wolves

others are sheep

there are tigers

and there are snakes

and two toed sloths

and glorious parrots

If I said humankind

was the worst animal

many would agree

and that’s the perspective

that makes it

easier to tolerate

my ego gets bruised worse

by women who don’t care

about poetry—or me

it always seems

to be revived

after a little sulking

and two or three beers

and I settle

for great sax

instead of great sex

(only Clinton gets both)

And I think

okay, another person

doesn’t dig my stuff

that seems

to be a consequence

of being an outsider

that seems to be the plight

of the new guy on the block

it’s raining today but

the sun’s supposed

to come out tomorrow