POETRY PROMPT RESPONSE

I Don’t Come Cheap

Suck it up

So, “Kyle whoever the hell you are,” you want to interview me on Zoom for an hour?

Let me tell you — that leaves a taste in my mouth somewhat sour.

As at no time did you mention money, so listen up kid, and listen good, sonny.

No more freebies from yours truly, you dig? From here on in, I’m goin’ for the vig.

“Anybody can write,” haven’t you heard? Your mother, your brother, and maybe your bird.

So move along youngster, you’re crampin’ my style Whatever your name is, oh yeah, it’s “Kyle.”

Thanks to Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) for this fun prompt!

Sherry McGuinn is a slightly-twisted, longtime Chicago-area writer and award-winning screenwriter. Her short films have screened at The Pan African Film Festival in Cannes (awarded “best short”), the Nashville Film Festival, the Honolulu Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film School, New Filmmakers New York, and New Filmmakers Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and numerous other publications. Sherry’s manager is currently pitching her newest screenplay, “The Month We Fell Apart,” a drama with dark, comedic overtones and inspired by a true story.