The Consequences of Typos

The Consequences of Typos By Elton Camp A typo can be far from a minor thing Discredit and rejection it can bring See what such errors might have meant And if these would have gone to print This book from Papa wouldn’t be With the title, “Old Man and the See” Faulkner’s book would we be spying If it was sent out, “As I lay Lying?” If typed, “Beast of Eden,” we would expect Rejection and “Oh heck!” from Steinbeck “The Little Boxes” would never do Lillian Hellman the results would rue If called, “Look Homeward Angle,” Wolfe, a publisher would never wrangle If the typo was “Of Lice and Men,” Steinbeck badly disappointed again If called “The Ramen” by Edgar Poe The printing house would’ve said “No” If a publisher a writer does need It pay to very carefully proofread