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I Found a Box...

Member since 2003 · Posted 7 Nov 2003 · 5 comments

I found a box on the sidewalk today a torn, flimsy box Picking it up it gives a little between my hands And if this box could find the strength to speak It would tell about the time three christmas' ago when a little boy up the road awoke that morning to find a tiny black kitten sleeping in this very box It would tell about the time many, many nights ago when a betrayed woman had finally had enough and left into the night with everything she had in this very box It would tell about the time so many winters ago when a homeless man with no one to talk to kept a picture of his kids dry in this very box It would tell about the time so long ago when a heartbroken boy shot himself in the head after taping a goodbye letter to the side of this very box I found a box on the sidewalk today a torn, flimsy box Kicking it aside I continued on my way.

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5 comments

[9] <{Baba^Yaga}> 7-Nov-03/6:39 PM Reply
You must be a babtist. 9.
[n/a] deleted user 7-Nov-03/7:08 PM Reply
I used that box to keep my bums warm.
[9] SupremeDreamer 7-Nov-03/11:04 PM Reply
"If these cardboard walls could speak"

Blessed with 9.
[9] ShaNoN+960317485 8-Nov-03/7:10 AM Reply
This is better than before & 7X stronger with age:o)
[1] deleted user 28-Sep-04/11:38 AM Reply
I can't tell if you're trying to be dramatic or doing a send-up. If I could find the strength, I would tell you about the time, not that long ago, that a lonely poet finally had enough and laughed until he cried, blew his nose, and continued on his way.