First up: “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” by Moxy Fruvous:
“We’ve been living in hovels / spending all our money on / brand new novels.”
And via Ann Leckie, “Sensitive Artist” by King Missile:
“I stay home, reading books that are beneath me, and working on my work, which no one understands.”
Comment at Big Other.


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