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I Found a Box... (Free verse) by leviathan
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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