"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.