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08/03/2026
G. Lynn Brown
When Asked My Pronouns, I say “It”
I'm a doormat
and not the pretty kind
not the kind found in a home improvement super store
that catches people's eye
but they never waste $24.99 on
because it's too beautiful to actually use
No, I'm a doormat
plain
utilitarian
the kind bought from any discount store for $5.99
that no one thinks twice about using
I'm a doormat
taken for granted
walked on
getting dust kicked in my face
then just plain kicked around
always lying around just taking it
then receiving the occasional brush off
before getting stepped on again
Because I'm a doormat
doing what good little doormats do
all the while hardly looking abused
no more worse for the wear
G. Lynn Brown's heart is the source of her writing. Much of her work revolves around the things that mean the most to her heart… and it has a one-track mind. So love—the good, the bad, and all of the vulnerable parts of it—is the theme of most of her work. And when this 2x Pushcart Prize nominee and Spillwords Author of the Month isn't writing about her heart's content, she's EIC of not only Micromance Magazine, but of KissMet Quarterly, and The Haikuist—all publications rooted in what else but love and romance.
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