Ode to the Forgotten Art of Letter Writing

I got a mesage in a bottle
from a pirate ship forever ago. 
'Save The Letters' it said
and crumbled away. 

It takes so
long
to
come.
(mail does)
like
avocado
trees
grow
to
fruit.

You know,
we lost letters
because it was windy
and everyone but mail carriers, it seems
let the leaves fly.

Losing things is beautiful
The letter twirls in spiral shapes
like Neandethal DNA.
What about what the letter had to say, though?
It wasn't there
for decoration!

All we have are thick novels
pages actually flip more in wind
but they're blocks. 

Novels do not transcend
like letters do-
but nobody hears the little letter man
yodeling from the mouth of the cave. 


-Citron