IN PRINT

How would you like to see me in print?
My words will no doubt be
My societal imprint
Indeed
To be published
Reduced to pages
Edited. Perfect. Syntaxes. Paraphrases.
Because if my words are in ink
Then I myself personally am in ink.
Will I somehow be real?
Famous?
There's a pseudonym attached to the fake name
Indeed
My words are revised.
Sanitized. Pasteurized. Homogenized. Downsized.
Indeed
I am parading
My resume around like a whore on display
But if I am the embodiment of my words,
Then I will be real, live, substantial, and even
Existent
In print.
New Hampshire Writers
IN PRINT
by:  Melissa Saunders