What Makes Me Smile 2 is complete
You submitted great work uplifting unique
Allow me time to get affairs in order ok
I’ll be sure to write you and communicate
There’s lots of decisions to be made
What font and size how big a page
I want you to know I appreciate
Your entry your patience and grace
You didn’t use AI and you persevered
Makes me smile and give a yellow cheer
You wrote from your heart meek and mild
A big part of what makes me smile
So I may need to soup mail each of you
Or even email to keep things smooth
There is a need to protect YOUR work
So that it’s not stolen by a jerk
I want to say with all my heart
I will protect your poetic art
As a collective work I’ll register it
You have the right to refuse this
If you do refuse I can’t publish so
For legal reasons please let me know
I will include my email in the notes
So you can contact me ok folks?
Give me some time to get organized
To format and spellcheck and dot I’s
What you are doing is worthy of prize
Your work will brighten a day a night
Thank you so very much
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