25 Letters

I bought

the excuses

I gave

(in a rush)

for Christmas post

pone

meant so corny,

dontcha think?

(slow conclusion)

I rapped

them up

in flowery prose

(colored purple)

and

(watermarked)

paper

inked blue

–w so many strings

attached–

I recycled

surprisingly few

accents

hued

red

&

green

.