We started to get each others post
it happened every day for months
he'd walk two blocks
and always rang the bell
instead of just putting it through the letter box
I never understood why he never just had a word with the postman.
Years later I moved
I'd had enough of the city life
the Nottinghamshire countryside beckoned.
A knock at the door when my girlfriend and I
were decorating our bedroom
'I've just moved across the ...'
he stopped his preprepared speech when he saw me
a roller in my hand
'This is ridiculous!' he said, laughing.
He must have been delighted
I was wearing the Lakers baseball cap
he'd given to me one Christmas.
