a letter in the mail

in the old days,

(it's painful when you hear old

people say that)

but in the old days,

we used to get mail.

in fact it came twice a day.

letters, freaking

hand written letters.

with postage stamps, and

addresses written 

in lovely penmanship.

inside were three pages

from someone you knew

telling you everything

you didn't know about

their life.

a long distance phone call 

cost too much, and with a letter

you could read it over

and over again.

no one threw away

a letter. it was a keepsake.

you'd put it on your desk

for a while

before the drawer.

and milk. don't get me

started on when we used to

have milk delivered

and eggs and juice. bacon.