YOUR PARCEL HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED

Please check for a notice

at your local P.O.​

We sincerely regret

this inconvenience

and hope you are not

disappointed --

fulfillment is our name.

Still, in these times

we suggest you temper

your expectations:

completion is chancy

and contents may settle

or shift. Some customers

even have found items

not ordered, though we try

to avoid such events.

Should you have

questions we will forward

a small link with triple

authentications which

may allow you to trace

where your purchase may be.

It has not been returned

to sender from China

but might be in transit

in Tennessee. Have a

good day, and best wishes

for your future success.

Version first published in The Raven's Perch, Sept. 14, 2021