with each relinquishing of letter into mailbox, the possibility of being lost to linger among forsaken valentines, coffin plates inscribed at rest, live toads, snakes, beetles, hat boxes, accordions, stuffed alligators, grave flowers, batwings, a bundle of old letters tied with a ribbon and note saying I return herewith your letters; all is over between us, lists to Santa, letters to g-d, requests for new parents, letters to the dead, cries for help addressed to 'whoever may find this letter' blind letter: a letter indistinctly or incorrectly addressed blind man: the employee in the British post office who specialized in deciphering illegible addresses; what couldn't be read even by the blind man went to the dead letter office word as if animated, what's undeliverable is called dead, enveloping mortality of the sender when she's unable to get in touch dispirited bodies, unclaimed dead, misfired missives Morgue of the Mails: filled with bodies legible only by loved ones Limbo of Undeliverables: oblivion where souls waylaid cannot enter heaven due to inadequate postage (unbaptised), incorrect addressing (marked by sin), illegible writing (not realizing you are dead) Attempts at Resuscitation: dead letter office employees are the only ones lawfully allowed to break the sanctity of the mail by opening it to search for clues to find the intended recipient Funeral Rites: what used to be solemnly burned. 3,600 epistolary pounds sent to giant paper shredders each day, in order to retain privacy Resurrection: post offices are now using recycled undeliverable mail to make pencils; perhaps bits of a lost letter of ours are in this pencil I'm writing you with now, (I stole it from the post office) next