now i have boxed up
all our shared craft supplies
to mail to your house six doors down
keep it all inside and taped up
and stitched shut and please,
please make sure the edges aren't crumpling
and folding under your ungentle hands,
please hold it all together
so she can't see your tears pooling
in your heart when you give back the books
you'd forgotten about on the back of your shelf
the picture of dorian gray, chapter eleven bookmarked
crooked kingdom and a treachery of swans
you choose your best cardboard box
of your small collection
to give everything back
May 13
May 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM UTC
now i have boxed up
all our shared craft supplies
to mail to your house six doors down
keep it all inside and taped up
and stitched shut and please,
please make sure the edges aren't crumpling
and folding under your ungentle hands,
please hold it all together
so she can't see your tears pooling
in your heart when you give back the books
you'd forgotten about on the back of your shelf
the picture of dorian gray, chapter eleven bookmarked
crooked kingdom and a treachery of swans
you choose your best cardboard box
of your small collection
to give everything back
