So! Go! Read! (It'll only take a minute.)
'Afterwards'
Thanks. Welcome back.
I am very chuffed, for a number of reasons. This is my first published poem*, and the first time I have been paid for poetry**. Furthermore, Apex is a reasonably respected name in sci-fi circles. Real writers write for it - like
Super thanks to
* Unless you count the one my parents sent in to the local paper when I was 7.
** $5.
*** Not a euphemism.