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Chain Letters by Mary E. Gale

Chain letters!
Who reads or writes them?
Who needs them?
People who are bored.
They're not busy, not happy.
They need those letters to fill their day.
But do chain letters bring luck?
Who believes it? Not I!
That letter sits on my desk.
It lies below the bills, collecting dust.
A day goes by, two days.
I pick it up and crumple it.
Into the waste basket it goes.
One son doesn't call.
A major business problem arises.
The other son causes an accident!
I run to grab that letter.
I make 20 copies.
I give two away and forget it.
Four days go by.
Those letters lie on a shelf.
Ninety six hours are over!
That chain is broken.
The letters still lie there.
Dogs chew the wall.
My son is in jail.
People sue me.
The car breaks down.
Who believes such silliness?
Chain letters bore me!



 

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