Roderick Molasar Poet Rhyme

I Gotta Get Published - Or Else

After holding a series of mind-numbing jobs
I was craving escape from the track-riding mobs,
And it came to me, then, what I needed to do;
It was look for a way to begin life anew.
Now, I gotta get published, or else!

Well, I'm no dilettante like the rest of you here;
See, I need to succeed or it's curtains, I fear.
I shall not be content with your feedback because
It just isn't enough to give creditors pause.
Man, I gotta get published, or else!

It won't matter how good or how bad it might be
But on-ly that it sells and brings profits to me.
It's okay if I pander to your lowest taste
Just as long as my efforts do not go to waste.
And I gotta get published, or else!

So I put in my time every day after work
In engaging my brain so I don't go berserk.
My position's a gut-wrenching grind, but I hope
To escape before reaching the end of my rope.
Please, I gotta get published, or else!

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David Fisher November 16, 2015 at 5:48 PM You sum up what we feel, Roderick. Nicely written and if you write like this then your wish will probably occur. Roderick Molasar November 16, 2015 at 6:56 PM And if wishes were horses then beggars would ride, as my mother was fond of saying. Tee-hee.

Laura Leiser November 15, 2015 at 10:53 PM Your poem was clever and entertaining, as well, Riderick! You're in with the rest of us in wanting to get published, I'm afraid...take a number and get in line, lol! :) Roderick Molasar November 16, 2015 at 6:54 PM The line is very very long, and I'm 61 years old. I've been pitching my poems on Hollywood Boulevard in an attempt to jump to the head of the million-man queue. Seriously.