licking envelopes

you find paying
bills tedious
as you sit on
the living room
floor, with pen
and stamps, and
two check books
with which to decide
how to pay
for this and that.
but you don't trust
online banking.
you'd rather sort
through the pile
than lose everthing
in the careless click
of a number on a
keyboard, so
you write out
the amount and place
of destination.
which stub goes
into which
envelope.
the long one, or
the short one.
the window needing
to match. the lick
of the envelope
and the return
address, now
stamped. onto
the table.
into the slot they'll
stick out
waiting for the  mail
man. his
leather pouch.