My Reply To Another Rejection Letter
“Dear Maurice, thank you for submitting
samples of your humor. Sadly, we won’t
be printing any of it, since our editorial
staff found nothing therein to make us laugh.
In truth, sir, our readers are of a genteel
sophistication, not likely to appeal to
in-your-face humor and of course because
far too raucous, coarse and disturbing
to people not used to an upbringing
like yours, where decorum, apparently,
was not the standard taught from infancy.
You may of course continue to submit
your humor – the reading fee with it.”
My response was quick and pointed:
Dear editorial staff, I wasn’t in the least
upset, disturbed, much less disappointed
by your response to my humorous verse.
After all, snobs like you are not the first
to reject my submissions, nor will you
be the last. For I’m determined to write
and submit my humor if only to flatter
my ego until I’m dead, a fact I’ll wager
your staff will find no laughing matter.
Copyright © Maurice Rigoler | Year Posted 2023
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