Post

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.