Issue 22 - 1992

Coe Review • Issue 22
Submission
Matt Osing
Dear you:
If you only knew the editor,
you’d know what became of the poems you sent.
You’d be aghast. He was glad you use those
peel off address stickers. He had to pull it
off slowly, like a bandaid from a wound that
should have air to heal.
He took your postage, your envelope too!
for a bleeding mothers-day card. He was glad
to send it on time for once.
But buck up, he made sure he didn’t see
your name. And if it’s any consolation, one
of his teachers told him once that the
greatest poet has but one name, that being
Anonymous.
Sincerely,
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