Up the stairs
He would spryly come
Mail in hand
Smile on face
Stop! To him, shouted Papa
Let ME read MY mail
But he'd tell
Before you could see
What written
There for you
Electric bill or bright post-card
From missing Unk Lou
It was fun
It was very sweet
Comical
Giggle mire
Until the day he brought tears
Unsealed gaping wire
He folded
onto red brick step
head in hands
first to see
Death's announced delivery
no one wished to be
( mhmmmm not sure a shadorma can join a quartet,,,)