It starts to form a habit

You order things online

becasue you like pacakages arriving in the post.

It's always the same person delivering.

He's called Andy. He used to wear

a name badge but either he lost it or

the delivery company changed their policy

on employees wearing name badges

or maybe it's one he made himself,

a badge making machine that's now

in his attic he always liked people to know

his name and as he walked up your driveway

he knows the reason for all these deliveries.

You get home from work. Another difficult shift

it's not the work itself it's your colleagues

but it's fine becasue when you get back

there'll be something waiting for you.

You can't remember what you ordered

just something to keep those delivery vans

flowing through the traffic. Make up brushes

charms for your bracelet. A badge making

machine, a new bicycle inner tube.