joseph goosey : “as the saying goes”

 

Shit or get off the pot. But sometimes you don't have to take a shit. Other times you really just desire to stay locked in the bathroom for a while whether or not you've got to take a shit. Has anyone ever knocked on the bathroom door while you're taking a shit and said "HEY WE NEED YOU TO COME OUT HERE AND PULL THE WEEDS"? Of course not. That would be considered rude within our contemporary societal structure. Well, tonight I received a rejection letter from a poetry editor. No news there. Especially considering I drink white wine then red wine then do the writing then drink more white wine then send out the work and in the morning I haven't the slightest as to where it has been sent. But what's curious is that this is the 6th rejection letter I have received within only about a year of submitting work that tells me; "We decline publishing this work, However we will tell you that we love your sense of spirit and urgency." Or something to that effect. Is spirit and urgency part of a
form letter? I feel as though it is not because each of these editors uses a synonym and their sentences are a bit different. Why my spirit and urgency? If you like my spirit, canonize me. If you like my urgency, please reject me much more quickly.

 

Joseph Goosey, 21, lacks a Ph.D. in creative writing from Yale University. Some recent poetry can be seen or will be seen in 34th Parallel, Prick Of The Spindle, Neon, Remark, Locust, ESC! & he believes a few others. He lives around Jacksonville, Florida, where he has 2 white cats & loves a red head.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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