Copyright © 2003 LeeAnn Heringer

life is an envelope


& we
are the love letters
written
in an unknown hand.
I pass my time
re-reading myself
looking for clues, looking
for a change in the ink.
fretting over the quality
of my paper
as I press up against
the others in the pile. knowing
I’ll never see inside them,
know their contents.
& when one
of the other envelopes
goes missing,
I try to convince myself
we are all eagerly awaited
at the other end
& will be greeted
with great joy.

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