return to sender

as i get out

my check book, my envelopes

and stamps,

my bank

ledger

and return address

ink

stamp,

she asks if maybe i should

join this century

and do online

banking.  go paperless.

i tell her no,

i don't trust it.

i ask her if she could

run

these letters down

to the post office

and pick me up some

more stamps.