12,613. SERVICE

SERVICE

Never meaning to be a Postmaster,

I only took this job because someone

offered it to me. Now, 31 years later,

alone, they call me that, and, it seems,

for everything else too. When the stamp

machine runs out of paper, or jams up

the receipts; when some kids gets sick

in line, and the mother starts complaining.

They call me. Nothing I can do but listen. I

didn't make the line, but no one understands.

These towns grow, and the need for this

advances, but nothing ever gets improved.

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Stop and think : The postal service is now

probably the most archaic thing left in this

country  -  we still do so much by hand,

one small task at a time. Stamps, money

order, special-receipt letters, returns,

holds, and money order too. What

else can I do?