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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