THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

A NICKLE A WORD | 2013-10-02

In most magazines there's always a place

For people with talent for filling up space.

That's why they pay me a nickle a syllable

For filling up spaces that still remain fillable.

Some folk complain that I earn my pence

By writing some drivel that doesn't make sense.

But that is quite absurd.

What I need is not logic, but words and words and words and words and words and words and words.

COMMENTS (1)

#1 Jason | 2013-10-02 22:20

Nice! There is something about the Mantra and the Minis which are more like poetry or song lyrics than regular prose.