WWDKD (What Would Dean Koontz Do)

by Brian McGuigan

I want to be
a famous writer
but don’t have
readers
and just enough
to buy food
from the market
where I saw
     Dean Koontz

his book sat
at a check stand
next to juicy fruit
and tabloids
about a half
man half goat
breeding with celebrities

he has more bestsellers
than all my
favorite writers
who never thought
to be sold
on sale
with a coupon

though I haven’t read
Dean Koontz
I wish
his readers
would read me
in line
for eggs
and milk

Brian McGuigan is part of a fledgling non-profit, from the ground up, whose mission is to provide artists and writers with a supportive and collaborative community. His work has appeared in several small presses and has won a few awards, but it ain't bringing in that Dean Koontz money. Until then.
This poem has previously appeared in the Write2Die chapbook distributed in Letter X, Volume 2.