ironically,
is to learn what life is about,
if that message is negative
I am all the more ready for that.

I need at times to be hit in the head
that is why I keep twenty dollar bills
in my drawer , for the times

I might need the positive,
I write poetry and prose, to grow,
So, in this case I am

only looking for non-plusses
negative critiques, thoughtless
scribes, I know many here

who have shown me,
their purpose, pick my
brain, fill my inbox with

suggestions, take my breath
away with my lapses pointed
out in black and white

and don't stop no matter
what I say

and to the majority of the poets
here, ignore this, please, you
know who YOU are!!