I used to have a
crush on a girl
named, Sincerely.
***
Then she moved away,
so, I wrote her a letter,
to express
all the things that were in
my heart.
***
It began,
“Dear Sincerely,
George.
***
It was a very short letter.
***
Then at the bottom of the letter,
I added a bunch of X’s and O’s.
saying,
“This is what
tic-tac-toe
looks like
without the
number sign.”
Legend has it,
a young Abraham Lincoln
once walked five miles
just to deliver a letter,
& that he carried the letter
with him underneath
his tall stove pipe hat.
ii.
When he finally
arrived, a tired Lincoln
removed his hat and
presented the letter.
iii.
The family was grateful,
but visibly dismayed to
find the letter covered with
sweat, oil, and coarse
black hair, that wreathed
the letter like a holiday
ribbon.
iv.
Not wanting to insult
Young Abraham, the
family nevertheless would
only accept the letter
using a pair of tongs.
v.
The unflappable A. Lincoln
merely laughed. And when
the letter was opened,
the family laughed, too,
for inside the envelope
was a shampoo sample.
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Sometimes I’ll be deep into the writing of a letter
& suddenly notice that the paper in front of me
is totally blank.
Then I have to wonder, have I been writing this letter
with invisible ink,
or, has my pen run dry?
OK, I say to myself — think! who is it that I am writing to?
Oh yeh — a spy!
in my fiery youth,
e.e. cummings
was a major
influence on me,
that is why
every-thing I say is in
lower-case letters.
t r e f o l o g y 