there are no gatekeepers

the literary world is surely something

By M.Published 7 months ago • 1 min read

screenshot from Cairn

you slipped past the gate

as the wardens slept

at night, or worse

you bribed them with blood money

now smug, you look back,

you tell me there are no keepers

success is your own

entitled to an ivory tower.

(your agent can't absolve this)

I long for

pedestrian

honest writing

Half-time writer, all time joker. M. Maponi specializes in speculative fiction, and speculates on the best way to get his shit together.

Author of "Reality and Contagion" and "Consultancy Blues"

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