“get it in writing”
i never think to “get it in writing”
because i trust working person-
to-person and want it to be that way
i dropped off books at a mom-and-
pop bookstore once for them to sell
on commission, but got no receipt, so,
when i went to see how they had sold
though they were gone, i got zilch
and now i am hung up again
producing Exhalation, the best book
in my Nandria series
i do hope we can come to an agreement
in writing, this time