Pyle had a business card made up,
it said "Benthos, or Bottom Feeders,"
and had a picture of a dustpan dredge.

The bottom line said, "Lower than whale shit
on the bottom of the ocean." He gave it out
at the writers conference. To his coterie
of steadfast readers. He had a cult following.
He was not, "...destined for oblivion, lacking even
cult status," he had a cult. Albeit a small one.
High one-, low-two-figures.
Bottom Feeders.