Writer's Cramps -- by Man Of Asgard

One day I wrote a poem.
I called it THIS AND THAT.
I sent it to my publisher
And here's what I got back.

"You must be a beginner;
There a rule you need to learn
If you wish to become published
And be read by everyone.

So please omit the usage
Of the terrible pronoun, 'that.'
Then you may return your manuscript,
When it's in the right format."

Wishing to meet my schedule,
Hoping to cut the fat,
I used my word processor
To remove all use of 'that.'

Now I was left with a poem
It's new title is THIS. . .
It makes no sense to read it
If I leave it as it is.

But I sent it to my publisher,
With crossed fingers and crossed toes,
I wondered if they would publish now,
Something only heaven knows.

Today I got a letter
And this is how it rendered
"We gladly accept your poem
Now that the grammar's mended."

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