it isn’t the first one
I’ve ever gotten

certainly,
not the last

hell, I’ve even been
rejected by these people
before
just at a much earlier
and less shameful
stage

but it still hurts,
those words

“we’re sorry
we’re sure you did your best
better luck next time
there’s no shame in this
again, we’re sorry”

“but you’ll not be moving
on”

sweet bull-****
to make the medicine
go down

that awful elixir of
you ****

sometimes they’re wrong,
sure,
but most of the time
they’re not

most of us aren’t worth
**** and our whole society
is built around telling us
that we’re not

bull-****
to hide the
bull-****

how quant