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Dusty Shelf



Just sitting, waiting on this dusty shelf
Not at all where I need to be
I am important, I’m about his health
Please someone, anyone, find me

Poor Mr Jones, doesn’t have very long
Just turned twenty one; still so young
The clerk, she addressed my envelope wrong
Oh lord, I wish I had a tongue

To his death now, Mr Jones may succumb
This place, it gives me night terrors
I sit, I think, wonder what will become
We’re all here because of errors

Please someone, anyone, find me
I am important, I’m about his health
With Mr Jones I need to be
Not sitting up here, on this dusty shelf


Author notes

Prompt:
Write as the letter, document, notification, or whatever kind of mail that was sent, but never received. 'You' are laying in a pile with other pieces of undeliverable mail. Think of something you may have received, (good or bad) and imagine if you hadn't.. . .Don't be the addressee, be the mail.

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  • JeannieD Hunter gold member
    June 12

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    Well done! I wanna help this letter get to Mr. Jones! Awesome take on the prompt. Thank you for entering and good luck!

    ~Jeannie


  • AliceinPoetryLand gold member
    June 6

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    Oh this is excellent hun. What a sad letter this is and it does need to be delivered. *Sigh* And the reality of what you have written is heartbreaking.
    A wonderful poem indeed.
    Best wishes in this contest (mum xx)