Letter From An Old Friend (a poem)

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Letter From An Old Friend


Hope things are OK by you.
I am doing fine. I have
a wife and a son now,
a new house (10.25% fixed rate),
2 cats, 2 cars (imports),
3 TVs (one w/cable & remote),
1 microwave, 2 stereos (one w/CD player),
1 camcorder (w/autofocus, 8:1 zoom &
variable shutter speed), 3 riding mowers
(counting the one at the cottage),
2 IRA accounts, 4 credit cards,
& a backyard full of pretty trees.

I read in a magazine
that if you add all the above
and it totals more than 25
then you must be happy.

I guess that makes me happy.

Especially when I count the trees.



(from the chapbook Stunned By The Moment, 1992 - also published in The Chiron Review)

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