stamps, you know, stamps?

do you have any stamps

i ask her,

what,

what are those?

stamps, you know. little sticky

squares that you

press onto the corner

of an envelope.

when you pay a bill,

i write a check and stick

a stamp onto the right corner

of an envelope

then drop it into a mailbox

at the P.O.,

or slide it halfway

out my door slot.

so that the mailman

can take it when he does

his route.

stamps, you know. stamps?

how old are you, she says.

let me hop on your knee

grandpa,

and you tell me about

your rotary dial phone 

hanging

on the kitchen wall, or

your butter churn

next to the little wooden stool.