A Stamp

The Postal Service doesn’t have
Too many in its camp
And I know why, for I just learned
It’s 50 cents a stamp!

No wonder folks send e-cards
And pay all their bills online,
For 50 cents a stamp provides
A solid cause to whine.

I mostly purchase sheets of stamps
Which last me quite a while,
So buying just a single isn’t
My accustomed style.

And yet today, to mail a card
That wouldn’t be belated,
I gave the clerk 2 quarters
And for change I stood and waited.

‘Twas then I learned that 50 cents
Is now the going rate.
I think towards e-cards I may just
Begin to gravitate.