royalties
tender_square
"
unfortunately
,
your
book
did
not
sell
sufficient
numbers
to
receive
a
royalty payment
for
2022
,"
the
email
began.
i
think
the
only
person
i
sold
books
to
was
myself
,
at
cost
,
which
i
then
gave
away
for
free
to
people
who
can't
even
be
bothered
to
read
past
the
first
-page inscription
i
wrote
specifically
for
them
.
such
is
the
life
of
a
poet
,
i
suppose
.
230227
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from