he sat to write a letter

                       to whom  to whom to write

                                                        who would appreciate his wordshis sentiments

who would write him back

his wife his sister his daughterhis mother   departed

he wrote them long involved letters

he learned those letters were thrownaway

their impacttheir fancy  were determined to be useless to anyone else

                                                                         theyd disagreehed disagree

no one asked 

hunreds of lettersthousands of hours 

he stood news of the day on its head  shared inside jokes admonishments  confidements

                                                                                                      trashed

trash because those who threw them awaywho he had also written who chose not to write back  the letters fingered them made them feel uneasyfeel  guilty

see how easy it was to dispose of guilt

strike a match

words burn

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