form letters

When I get this:

Thank you very much for your poetic submission to "X Magazine". I enjoyed reading your poetry, but will not be accepting any of these for publication.

I send this:

It's all good.

I'll write better poems next time!

xoxo,
Steve

I'm reading not in the Bay Area

Awesome.
I'm doing a reading in Brooklyn, NY on Friday March 25th. At Pete's Candy Store. It's part of Dorothea Lasky's 'Multifarious Array' reading series. But Corina Copp is hosting this one. Thanks Corina!

It starts early at like 6pm. Featuring wonderful writers: Lonely Christopher, David Buuck, Astrid Lorange, and myself.

Show up! It'll change the game. You'll think that you have the answers, but this reading will change the questions. Boom For Reals!

For Rent

moving east
like east bay
by the lake
or by the place that sells
those fried chicken sandwiches
with my lady
my love
my heart monger.
realtors, please
uh...uh...
approve me?
my credit reports
need credit repair
steady income as meaninglessness
But here's the thing:I'm not sorry.
Macy's fucking sucks.
And everyone, once in a while
should be entitled to a free bag of socks.
OK, I am sorry
I'll fix it. I'll call up
my collectors.
In the meantime,
you and me let's
cruise and find
out where people
like us live
buh-rip