lie
a box in the earth
my memories
live
a box in my mind
thoughts and feelings
atrophy-and-swell-and-sleep-and-scream
until:
-random
Scrabble
colander
marble
or
-key dates
Accident-anniversary
birthday
christmas
open my box
i feel
i remember
his glasses strap
elastic
black
worn
his characteristic nondescript fashion
monochromatic shirts
multi-ownered pants
classic wallabees
and i smile inside
until
smiles turn liquid
travel lacrimal labyrinth
his Dad's eyes
in funeral home
dead
returning the library book
Overdue and stained
red
i close the box
sometimes slam
sometimes squeeze
Rejoin this world
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