I read your book Andrew Harlow
indeed your name is not special
and you bear no resemblance to anyone
of any major significance
sorry I had to mention that
every page made me feel cold inside
and if human relations were
robotic signals sent by machines
you would be my hero
writing is actually about getting under the surface
not recommending cigarette brands
to anonymous web-users
Andrew listed a few amazing authors from the renaissance
he looked this up in the general encyclopedia
and felt content
his discoveries matched exactly the description given
in the review
I felt like writing another letter to Andrew
explaining he had made a mistake
it wasn’t Hemingway or the less known Steinbeck
or any other writers from the beginning of the 20th century
his work imitated
in fact
this comparison could be regarded as an insult
I felt embarrassed after making all these remarks
even if they were made in good faith
who was I to judge
I hadn’t even published a book
or any big stories like that
perhaps I should look up to someone that had
or was that just a matter of taste
