MAIL

I get a postcard
with a picture of a cardinal
and a red carnation
(Ohio state bird and flower)
from Kyra.

I get a sale flyer
from Burke’s Book Store.
I mark two books
I may want to
check out.

I get a package
from my father.
It’s a small music box
with a rainbow
painted on the lid.

When I open it
it plays
“Somewhere over the Rainbow”
from The Wizard of Oz.
Geez.
Dad and I watched that movie
a dozen times.
I can feel myself
starting to get …
Geez.

I close the lid.
I stuff the music box
into somewhere …
the back of my closet.