Acceptance and rejection get in the way
of writing painting making a film hearing
Other People In Jobs tell you why your story
your film is Not What They Wanted.
And as for their email’s
they’re never very good:
Dear Esther Cohen,
your story is good enough but
NOT WITHIN THE PARAMETERS
of our (arbitrary, sometimes good and sometimes not)
magazine where we publish OTHER KINDS
OF STORIES. And meanwhile,
GOOD LUCK. MAYBE
someone somewhere will like
YOUR STORY.
(Roger)
put this in the book!
You are so wise, Esther, to include acceptance as something that gets in the way.