Leave it to the Prose-Rejected Writers Guild Picket Signs

I wrote this piece back in June, thinking I'd have to get it out to the world ASAP, figuring the writers strike shouldn't last too long.  Unfortunately, 4 months later, it's still topical.

Rejected Writers Guild Picket Signs

To be honest, the longer the writers’ strike goes on, the less clever the picket signs become.  Sure, they started out slick and comical, but now they’re beginning to read like a standard “Fast and Furious” comeback.  As the WGA attempts to maintain a certain level of decorum, they’ve taken to monitoring the signs the writers come up with.  Here’s some that were left on the picket line floor:
 
Pencils away!  Or are you just glad to see me?
 
Sorry, studio contract, you’re not my TYPE(ing)!
 
Something, something, unfair!
 
Could you make the contract 10% sweeter?
 
We will not be replaced!  By machines!  Or your brother-in-law!
 
Without writers, what will you base all your future reboots on?
 
Hey, studio contract, we have notes!
 
Pencils down!  Dander up!
 
Those post-credit Easter eggs don’t write themselves, you know!
 
Yadda-yadda-yadda, we’re on strike!
 
You think AI is going to suck up to you, too?
 
I hope we win the strike before they sell off the studios.
 
At least I’m getting my steps in.
 
My other sign is wittier.
 
And the sparkling water was flat!
 
FYI, we’re not the DGA.
 
Hey, Hey! Hee, Hee!  Gotta beat the AMPTP
 
Hey, Siri, write me a picket sign.

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