Thursday, June 10, 2021

The Forever Letter

 

This snail-mail letter may become a collector’s item.  As the digital age progresses, this method of communication dwindles.  It is a costly system to operate and time consuming in its process. It is with that in mind that I hereby create what I expect is history in the making.   

Witness, if you will, a Postmaster General sitting at his large mahogany desk, void of In Boxes and Out Boxes.  Only a smattering of #2 pencils and one, maybe two Bic pens laying silent in the absence of hustle and bustle.  He has nothing to fill his days, in fact, he spends the majority of his time sending emails to his cronies, who – unlike him, have oodles to do and usually become annoyed at his electronic interruptions.

Even junk mail has evolved into unsavory bytes and non-magical pixels, serving only to annoy and pop-up with the frequency of teenage acne.

Citizens, snail mail is a vanishing force, no longer capable of pushing the envelope.  It is up to us, not to save it, but to simply enjoy its final flickers.  Trust me, it will be stamped out before you know it.  The mailbox at the curb will slip into the shadows of yesterday, ground up with old, recycled stump speeches and promises of a better tomorrow.

Take action now.  Print and mail this to someone, anyone. Use that forever stamp before forever follows the path of the Lifetime Warranty.  Become a part of something bigger.  Keep this letter in the air, if only to help our Postal System go down with a fight.

 

Respectfully,

Ann Arkey

Before sending this letter back out into  the world, mark it to keep track of its adventure.  Simply put it into a new envelope with every mailing.

                         

 

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