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"don't try"

by Jason Gallagher

I received a letter
from the editor of a California based magazine
to whom
I had submitted work a few months earlier.
the note said
"I like your stuff
but you read too much Bukowski
find your voice and try us again"
I spent the whole day
thinking about what the editor wrote
until I eventually agreed with his point.
then I sat down to write my newest piece
it's called
'screwing whores at the race track with whiskey bottles'
i'm glad
i've seen the light. 

JASON GALLAGHER IS THE AUTHOR OF THREE CHAPBOOKS OF POETRY. HE LIVES AND WRITES IN MONTREAL, QUEBEC..

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