Boxes

 

 

Boxes

Living in boxes

Becomes squarish affair

Four corners and straight edges

Flat sides and hard bottoms

Things stacked precariously in corners

of over-priced hotel rooms, small apartments & tiny bedrooms

Miscellaneous things buried beneath other odd things

Lost haphazardly in the darkness of bottomless

boxes, suitcases and storage lockers

Shut off in darkness

from the world of sunlight

Living always in a box

Is a boring, matter of fact style of life

To find one's way, amongst and between all the boxes

Is a puzzle without a simple solution

 

 

by Hugh M. Lewis

The Great Wall Revisited

Trails in the Snow

1991-1993


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Last Updated: 03/16/05