Pilgrimage: Going Postal

waiting in line at the Post Office
to buy stamps, send packages, pick up information, pleas, and love
most of the standees are White
but there are two Black men,
two Black women, the postal clerk who is from the Indian sub-continent
and me recently
the Post Office has decided to shutter many PO buildings
it's about profit and inconvenience
whose profit?
whose inconvenience?
these places where we gather
to commune in real life
they are slower
they require more time
more thought
they require that we show up
that we bring ourselves with us
we call it
first class
special delivery
priority
express
we call it
civil
eyes