Even the leather writing <br />case’s hinges are shot: <br />the strips <br />of hide <br />that bound <br />the lid decayed; <br />the lock – <br />a small lock <br />involving only a sideways <br />click to open it - <br />still works its <br />mechanical metal slot. <br /> <br />Inside the case your letter’s <br />yellow pages of script <br />slowly <br />rewrite <br />their gist, <br />an ideal <br />content – <br />the content <br />between me and you the long dead <br />master of sub-text – <br />hints at its <br />continuous narrative.<br /><br />Jacqui Thewless<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-letter-iii/
