For ACF Property Management, Inc.
Truth told, most of our mail is pesky junk.
“Vote for me,” “Buy this,” “For god’s sake, send cash.”
The bills, of course, can instigate a funk,
And greeting cards a lush amusing splash.
But, dammit, mail is sometimes just plain bane,
And generates the baleful shout “gevalt”
(A term of art that means “excessive pain”),
And sends serenity into default.
Our real estate investment manager
Sent one thin missive just the other day.
“Perhaps a cushy offer,” I inferred—
Alas, his letter went the other way!
The best of all our holdings just collapsed—
Our rental income off eighteen percent!
A letter that announces news so bent,
Should bear a warning symbol colored black!
(9/18/12)