B of E #18: he would have preferred ribbons

Frank Prem

but opportunities for ribbons
were few

 

he thought about other kinds of clasp
holders of one kind
and another
but they wouldn't do
didn't convey

 

in the end
it was rubber bands
thick red ones
slim and stretchy brown
sad yellow

 

the rubber bands
holding his letters in neat arrangement
collected in their ones and twos
each evening when he checked the mail

 

even if it was only
a few bills
or a couple of pamphlets
a rubber band brought the news
held the words

 

he rolled them away from the envelopes
placed them in a kitchen drawer
one band on top of another
one pile beside the next

 

opened the drawer
every night
from monday through friday
steadily
not to disturb
added the newest band
to the latest pile

 

one day
when she comes
she will see them
and understand

 

make it
unnecessary
to collect them
anymore

 

~

  • Author: Frank Prem (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 26th, 2018 00:35
  • Comment from author about the poem: The Book of Evenings.
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  • Goldfinch60

    Thought provoking write.

    • Frank Prem

      Obsession of a quiet kind, GF.



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