*you wanna eat
*you like sunsets a lot
*your mom said she’d buy your book
* you like to read
* you know you can write a good  poem you just haven’t done it
*you slept with your creative writing teacher because you went to one of his readings
*you want an audience
*you expect a response to your submission
*if your writing journal says “Live, Laugh,Love”

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Daniel J. Flore III

Daniel J. Flore III’s fifth book of poetry is WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE CEILING FAN and it can be found here.