Since you asked
Look! I have poems out. Today.
No, I haven’t written a novel.
I might not ever write a novel.
But there’s new short fiction too.
No, there’s no collected works.
Maybe there will be, one day.
Given time, or interest.
No, I haven't been published
in the highest ranked
literary journals. Not yet.
There's time. And my words
are all over the world.
Yeah, nah, I'm not famous.
But, I completed a novella!
No, not a memoir. A novella.
Shorter than a novel.
Yes, I suppose you could call
it almost a novel. No,
it’s not published.
There’s no chapbook either.
Um. No, not a chat box. Never mind.
There's flash though.
Flash? That's very short fiction.
Uh-uh. More stories.
Little ones, yes. That's them.
No, none have been turned
into films or TV episodes.
It's happened to others,
so why not my work one day?
I agree. It would be exciting,
I imagine. Oh. Hello, I was just saying,
I've had my work published.
No. No books yet.