memento_mori
ovenbird
The
card
comes
in
the
mail
:
hand
-made
from
corrugated
card
stock,
folded
hastily
and
unevenly,
a
spray
of
black
hearts
glued
to
the
front
.
The
note
inside
is
written
in
elaborate
calligraphy sprouting
so
many
flourishes
I
can
hardly
read
it
.
Your
message
says
:
Thank
you
for
your
voicemail
.
I
will
treasure
it
forever
.
As
much
as
I
appreciate
a
hand
-written
missive
,
nothing
truly
stands
in
for
the
sound
of
a
human
voice
entering
the
grotto
of
my
ears
.
And
since
you
are
likely
to
be
dead
soon
,
I
’m pleased
that
I
will
have
this
record
of
your
vocal
patterns
on
hand
to
refer
to
in
the
future
.
This
is
a
wonderful
gift
.
Love
, Sharron
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from