POSTCARDS FROM OZ

I wanted to write a poem called Postcards from Oz

but who would send them to me

I wondered, grasping at straws,

the Scarecrow?

vaguely I remember in one of the books in

the continuing series by Mr. Baum or Ruth P.

I believe the scarecrow did become

for a while the magistrate of Oz

but I never knew him that well

only, mostly what was in the movie

perhaps someone made a mistake in the address

then I will go down to my mailbox on a desultory day, yes

in the dead of winter would be best

and find to my surprise a tinted postcard

well you know, you could have guessed

tinted green

now the problem is

what will the postcard say

Oz is going away?

I am going, too

in mystifying handwriting

I will leave the problem to you.

mary angela douglas 23 february 2023