There in the box lives all of Christmas, All of the serendipity of the midnight cross, All of the iced tassels and tinsel-worn frost, All of the gazed-upon rooftops that turn From emptiness to stars to ever-wondering thoughts. All of my boyhood eyes are closed now With those in the box.
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