Letters
Letters - meaning Summary
Missed Timely Connection
Spike Milligan's short poem reflects on ordinary correspondence and the gap between desire and timing. The speaker treats most letters as mundane and admits to writing to unremarkable people, while quietly longing for a meaningful letter that has never arrived. The ending registers a paradoxical acceptance: the hoped-for letter might appear, but its arrival would come too late, exposing regret and missed emotional opportunity.
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