Exhibit A: An Alternate Avenue To Publishing

Inclined to disappear
in dim corners
the lament
of us loners

Fertile minds
on a tilt-a-whirl
of unrealized ambitions
and unruly curls

Holding our tongues
hostage for safety
worthy of caviar
we settle for gravy

Reams of pages
for a voracious reader
that will fall in the wrong hands
and lead to execution

A manuscript perverted
by scissor edits
and manipulated
to alter meaning and substance

Put it near a body,
and you have an audience.