Letters from Sanford Street

whatever it is you are 

thinking about you can be

comfortable knowing that

it can take forever to get

that exact thing done and

where you think and know all

of what it is.

The Young Woman who is the Post Office

"The Young Woman who is the Post Office"

The rural carrier associate is a 

young woman with a lisp that lingers

long enough to wreck your week, and

fiery jade eyes that burn in your

mind every subsequent week.

I try to buy stamps, twenty is too much for

one stamp, and she can't break bills, and

I can't have them all, I ask to trade stamps,

one for one, she's not sure that's okay,

so she phones a friend; she asks

if I have exact change and I say:

yes! I do.