At Christmas, festive cards arrive,
As
friends and family contrive
To pen
a year’s events in brief
Explaining
joys – and sometimes grief.
Though
thrilled of course to get such news
Brief
signatures sometimes confuse
No
surname, no return address
Or squiggly
scrawl; how can I guess
Who
has penned this Yuletide note,
And
made an effort to devote
Time,
card and stamp to get in touch?
To
respond - at straws I clutch …
Neat
label typed on envelope
To
find the sender – a vain hope
I’m
flattered someone thinks of me
But can’t
work out who it can be …
(c) Poet in the woods 2020
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