The USPS, Part II

 

Turns out my fault is that I sent a letter
in our digital age.  It was a “Congratulations
I paid off my mortgage” card I hand-made:
That goofy feeling of happiness to pay off
a 22-year debt, and I didn’t think to send it
electronically!  Well, yesterday, I cancelled
my certified check and made an electronic
payment instead.  But I want the USPO to pay. 
They mis-routed and then held my letter for 12
days without notifying me. I’m armed with

receipts: for the first sending, for the cancelled
check, for the extra days of mortgage due,
and for my ruined happiness.  I’m armed
with these poems—poems that are not poems,
but wails.  And then—I’ll sleep.  Struggling
with corporations is tiring work.  I’ll win
quickly or let go quietly.  I used to love
the USPO and stick with them through thick
and thin.  Not anymore.  Nevermore.

April is Poetry Month, Day 28 

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