Best Unboxed Poems

A call from a nephew here
A text from children, not near
It takes so little, these days
Be grateful always, He says

Another day on planet earth
Forget the shape of my girth
A place to work called home
A world in which I cannot roam

For these things, Him I thank
With...

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Unboxed
I held her tight
Her weight in my lap
boxed
to let her go gently
Water & wind ready to embrace her 

The sun falling halfway 
Our metal casket gleaming mid-flight

I needed her weight
in my lap
Not wanting to give her up
I thought I’d swallow just one bit of her...

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long in the attic,
now unboxed,
treasure trove of
old Polaroid photographs;
priceless!
pulled from
the gaping mouth of oblivion.
one family album,
in particular,
sucks me into the vortex
of nostalgic memories.
instantaneously,
I'm spirited back
to my salad days.
ah, my youth...
an opulence of memories;
fun times with Dad, 
and Mom, too.
oh, wow, a family portrait...
look at how...

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