letter

by the time this gets to you
words deliberated over, omitted
it will be folded, reread and folded

it will be all rumpled up
by the time this gets to you
 i'll be in a different place
by the time its been:
crushed at the
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
bottom
of
my
bag
,

slipped into my diary,
forgotten,
and then not,
addressed, postcoded, weighed, licked stamped, paid, examined.

sent
 
to number 22 of that street in this town in that province, in south africa, africa, southernhempishere, earth, solar system, milkyway with love.

by the time this gets to you
none of it will be new(s)
but it will get to you