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Love Letters

Got another love letter

from the future,

I found it in the usual place,

but they got my name wrong again,

spelt it A-l-i-c-e,

plus I don’t yet know anyone

named Juan or XP-7—

I can hardly wait!

I wrote back,

explaining how to spell my name,

asked how they were,

told them what happened to the cat.

I wrote the letter in a very old book

in the Rare Books Room,

it was called a folio,

I figured, if it’s lasted this long,

it might make it to their time,

whenever that is.

I said, it’s getting harder here every day,

what with the pandemic, the war,

and prices for everything

going through the roof,

so I could use any help

the future can give me;

love letters don’t pay the rent.