tracking numbers
carefully, i copy and paste
a string of numbers from my email
to the post office website
i want to know where
the christmas present
that i sent
late
is
right
now
the website tells me
that the package has left
the postal office
and is en route
but it is a sunday
is this love
is this love
a string of numbers from my email
to the post office website
i want to know where
the christmas present
that i sent
late
is
right
now
the website tells me
that the package has left
the postal office
and is en route
but it is a sunday
is this love
is this love
Tiffany Babb is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic. She's a regular contributor to The AV Club's Comic Panel and the Eisner Award winning PanelxPanel Magazine. You can find her poetry in Rust + Moth, Third Wednesday Magazine, and Cardiff Review. You can follow her on twitter @explodingarrow and sign up for her monthly newsletter on her website.
Art: New Beginning #130, Encaustic on Wood Panel, 2021 by Chizu Omori.