Ink and Paper

We write letters


to keep thought flowing,
to not lose track.

Not go off
on a tangent
stick to matter,
however pungent.

We write letters

to veil uncertainty
betrayed in quivering
tones, modality.
Listener’s watching,
listening.







Readers don’t have that effect.

We write letters

to say the embarrassing.
Ink, paper dress
things of the heart
that require dressing.

We write letters.