My Novel

You should really read
my unfinished, barely

started, first novel.
you can finish it

in one sitting. Hell,
you can finish it

in one standing. You
won’t be able to put

it down.

You won’t
have time to.

It’s good, though.
It’s about a roadside

fruit stand on 301.
Magical tangerines.

Evil capitalists.
And, the monkeys

that live on those islands
at Silver Springs.

It’s got flashbacks
to the Tennessee Valley.

A couple falling in love
listening to The Carter Family

on an RCA Victrola and some
random stuff about Roosevelt.

I cover all that
in the first 3 paragraphs.

So, now what?

–November 10, 2019