What Do You Make?

Matthew Donnellon
1 min readAug 28, 2019

A boy wandered through town, wondering what to do with his life.

He asked a lawyer, “What do you make?”

And he was told a rather large number.

He asked a doctor, “What do make?”

And he was told a slightly larger number.

He went from person to person. Asking and asking. Hearing different salaries. Numbers upon numbers.

Finally, he asked the writer, “What do you make?”

And, the writer said, “stories.”

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Matthew Donnellon

Matthew Donnellon is a writer, artist, and sit down comedian. He is the author of The Curious Case of Emma Lee and Other Stories.