WHERE'S THE HORSE TO THIS PUSHCART?

Just got nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  It's my gazillionth nomination (have lost track), but I never win.  I think I'm on my way to setting a record of sorts: The Most Nominated Loser.  I use the word "Loser" with fondness, of course -- it reminds me of Steve Martin saying to Meryl Streep that all of her Oscar nominations means she's lost the most.  (Except that Meryl's actually won an Oscar, I know, but work with Moi here...)

Anyway, thank you, poetry editors.  Without you, the establishment wouldn't ... establish.  Without you, I wouldn't be on my way to setting a new record!  Never mind the prize, as all master poetics-ians know: It's the Journey!  Onward!