The New Brothel Turns One

To celebrate our one year anniversary, we're having a party.

If you did not get an email about the party, we're also celebrating our anniversary by posting a poem containing the statistics about the first year of The Brothel. Since you're already at home, or alone at a coffee shop, you might as well read on. It's kinda amusing. -KV

p.s. The party rocked.

The New Brothel Turns One
Klaus Varley

The (New) Literary Brothel was launched in April

of 2008.

Since then, we've had 7,431 Unique Visitors

who visited for an average of one minute

and eight seconds.

Which is enough time to read an article

Or two

If you're fast

Which is probably why the average number

of page views for the year

was 1.47.

Obviously, some people read two, or even three articles.

And others only read one.

Quickly.

And then move on

to Peppermint Creek

or Script Doctor Eric

0r other sites.

How did people find The Brothel?

Some came by way of keywords

Others, by Peppermint Creek

(Thus, we plugged the site

twice in this post.)

But most came through keywords

Such as "Bukowski Quotes"

and "Charles Bukowski Quotes"

both of which brought 467 people to The Brothel

about one a day, or something

who knows.

What I do know is that this next year

is going to be great

As long as we keep posting about Bukowski

And that asshole

Michael Phelps.

Just kidding.

He's not an asshole.

But this one post where we said he was

and it became

our most popular piece

of the year.

Booya.

-KV

p.s. I know

that's no way

to end a post

but hell,

poetry is hard

and if you don't think so

write a poem

and send it to us.

We'll post it.

Then,

all you have to do

is leave a public computer

on the screen with your poem

and watch how fast

the next person closes that window.

Booya.