well, most people don’t read my stuff
cause not published
except in little magazines
with an average circulation
of under a hundred
but one day got a letter
from a guy in prison
saying:
Greeting
from the mortuary
found your writing in Monozine #3
somber
yet cleverly amusing
your bio indicates publication in 50 zines
if you have any please send
zines pass the time
gonna be here
for another eleven years.
I laminated his letter
hung it on my wall
then Xeroxed my 3,487 page novel
WARRIORS OF THE UNSURPASSABLE COMPASSION
and sent it off by UPS.
Six months later received a note:
You’re the greatest
Send more
The longer the better.
Charles Chaim Wax
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-get-many-fan-letters/
