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Closing Time
Dear DUP Poets,
I have a weird problem.
The urgency of this problem
Is just above the moderate mental thrum
of wondering when I'll hang a framed mirror I bought six weeks ago
and just below
deciding whether or not to join Noom
It's certainly a first world problem:
I can't decide on a closing for my personal emails and messages.
Really.
That's it.
Lately I've settled for
Cheers, Wendy
like I'm lifting a pint to you in an Irish pub, mate!
A nice thought.
But it doesn't quite fit.
What I really want
is to end communication after the last sentence.
You already know who it's from.
Would the lack of closure leave you feeling confused and hurt?
As a teenager
Instead of putting my sister's name
on the envelope of a birthday card I handed her
I put "You know who you are"
She laughed.
One of those sister moments when we got each other.
These are other closings I've considered or used, and how I think they come across when sent from me:
Sincerely, Hi, I'm in fourth grade.
Take care, I don't care.
Namaste, Hey, come over for lentils sometime. They're what I live on.
Warmly: I'm always polite, gracious and calm (I aspire to this one)
Love, I may not actually love you. Or I might and not want you to know it.
Peace, I haven't been myself since Jerry Garcia died.
Regards, I'm settling for perfunctory, and / or you bore me.
Best, Nothing but the finest for you! May your tampon applicators be 18 karat gold and may you never have to fly a budget airline.
I actually did some research on closings.
Worst: May you live on and shower others with blessings,
I don't think many could pull this off.
Example: An email to a neighbor about returning your lawnmower:
So, yeah, if you could get it back to me by Friday, I'd appreciate it.
May you live on and shower others with blessings,
Fred
See what I mean?
There was one I kind of liked: You rock,
How much you want to bet Fred would get his lawnmower back by Thursday with that one?
I think I could pull that one off too.
But probably not with someone over 70
Or someone who knows I don't think they rock.
Or with someone i just met.
Or...
You know what?
I'm sick of thinking about this closings problem.
Whatever,
Wendy
I have a weird problem.
The urgency of this problem
Is just above the moderate mental thrum
of wondering when I'll hang a framed mirror I bought six weeks ago
and just below
deciding whether or not to join Noom
It's certainly a first world problem:
I can't decide on a closing for my personal emails and messages.
Really.
That's it.
Lately I've settled for
Cheers, Wendy
like I'm lifting a pint to you in an Irish pub, mate!
A nice thought.
But it doesn't quite fit.
What I really want
is to end communication after the last sentence.
You already know who it's from.
Would the lack of closure leave you feeling confused and hurt?
As a teenager
Instead of putting my sister's name
on the envelope of a birthday card I handed her
I put "You know who you are"
She laughed.
One of those sister moments when we got each other.
These are other closings I've considered or used, and how I think they come across when sent from me:
Sincerely, Hi, I'm in fourth grade.
Take care, I don't care.
Namaste, Hey, come over for lentils sometime. They're what I live on.
Warmly: I'm always polite, gracious and calm (I aspire to this one)
Love, I may not actually love you. Or I might and not want you to know it.
Peace, I haven't been myself since Jerry Garcia died.
Regards, I'm settling for perfunctory, and / or you bore me.
Best, Nothing but the finest for you! May your tampon applicators be 18 karat gold and may you never have to fly a budget airline.
I actually did some research on closings.
Worst: May you live on and shower others with blessings,
I don't think many could pull this off.
Example: An email to a neighbor about returning your lawnmower:
So, yeah, if you could get it back to me by Friday, I'd appreciate it.
May you live on and shower others with blessings,
Fred
See what I mean?
There was one I kind of liked: You rock,
How much you want to bet Fred would get his lawnmower back by Thursday with that one?
I think I could pull that one off too.
But probably not with someone over 70
Or someone who knows I don't think they rock.
Or with someone i just met.
Or...
You know what?
I'm sick of thinking about this closings problem.
Whatever,
Wendy
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