email poem dated Sept 23 1996

I wrote this to a co-worker when we were doing customer service work in an insurance company. There were three of us who used to write poems to each other for entertainment. We called them "poerms" after an early typo. We always wrote in the e e cummings no-punctuation, no caps style.


its boring
on mondays and youre not here
to write and write
and offer some cheer
when its cloudy and cold
and im down in the dumps
and people in stretch pants are
dressed like frumps
for a day of work with no joy
and no life
oh by the way
how is your wife?
i wish you could bring me some
humor some laughs
or some nice cold beer
served in caraffes
were not terribly busy in the land of hearts
but im clicking along
and doing my part
to send out the contracts
and clean up the messes
and change the phone numbers
and the addresses
but its easier when you can stop and read
something funny
from your friend in deed
from your friend named mike
who works down below
who likes to write poerms
to make the day go
faster and faster
lickety split
please cheer me up mike
i feel like #@$%.