Relief

A Meditation on the craft of writing . . . Sorta . . .

Image courtesy of Priscilla DuPreez, Unsplash

When F. Scott Fitzgerald died
His editor and friend
Max Perkins
Had to hire 6 strangers
From the street
To be pall bearers.

I just saw a picture
Of Hemingway’s funeral
In Ketchum Idaho
From 1961,
Twelve guys…