IN THE BOX

IN THE BOX

there was nothing in
the box

no cat about
to wavefront collapse
lap dissolve

no Pandora
still in there upon
whom
we are all about
to pin our last hopes

truth be told
there never was a box
is no box
no such
thing
as box

(except as thing
you need to think outside of
think
your way out of)

nice to play
that
we are real, think
we are
real

there is a world of boxes
and stuff to put in them
structure, architecture,
form

to do this
stick this somewhere
pen it on
the page
send it across
the airwaves

world
starting to look
considerably less secure

yet, still a foundation of sorts
provided,
things that presuppose
boxes are real