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Drop me a line immediately when you arrive<\/span>
\nI want to know everything, every waking and dreaming<\/span>
\nthought you had.<\/span>
\nIt is all about me, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our hearts thump in agony.<\/span>
\nThe letter will travel some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019d say that waving our goodbyes<\/span>
\nat the train platform when the engine<\/span>
\nwould send us different ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d go home solitary and sad.<\/span>
\nI\u2019d sit in the compartment warmed-up, slightly nervous<\/span>
\nand sad.<\/span>
\nAlways sad.<\/span>
\nFor the words would reach you much, much later,<\/span><\/p>\n

Giving you and me time alone<\/span>
\nto daydream and get deeper in love<\/span>
\nor chat with friends<\/span>
\nand get deeper in love<\/span>
\nor do no matter what and<\/span>
\nrealise you or I need to wake up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wake up!<\/span>
\nBut not before all the tears and sweats and thrills<\/span>
\nhave been spilled and spent<\/span>
\nnot before all tiny fears and worries<\/span>
\nhave grown into monsters<\/span>
\nor dwindled into dry seeds good for nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wake up<\/span>
\nwhen you\u2019re ready.<\/span>
\nThe letter will travel some time.<\/span><\/p>\n

**<\/span>
\n\u00a9 2020, forestlove<\/span>
\n**<\/p>\n

Snail Mail, or the normal traditional post, is what I chose for a topic of my poem for Day 17. Poetic Asides requested “an exotic” poem<\/a>, and NaPoWriMo.net prompted us to write about “forgotten technology”. Well, I was a great lover of letters, and I still keep some of my teenage penpals’ post with me. It was so amazing to get your post and read about events, ideas, tears and excitement that happened to your friends. I’m not sure what and how I would be, had I grown up in this digital world where instant messaging is almost obsolete now, when the live streaming is the true reality. Hm, I don’t care. I’m glad things occurred as they did.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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