Chuck Augello

Love, The Editors

I love your work, the editor said.
It's bold and innovative in its refusal
to engage the reader in any possible way.

The language is stunted and obtuse,
and the laws of grammar are ripped apart
and ignored like the nasal-toned schoolmarm
that grammar really is.

We look forward to reading more of your work.
Most geniuses are overlooked in their own era.
It may take decades before your puerile art
is truly appreciated as the next step
in our cultural devolution
from beauty to commodity to crap.

A story this wretched is a gift to our post-literate world.
Keep them coming.

Love,
The editors.