Lid secured
Every edge and surface pierced with the
iron spikes of varying gauges-

car
bed
home
town
old
towns
forest lake
host
every bar and grill
(within a 300 mile radius)
work
tents and air beds
split rock
otter tails
snow trails
Tobie's town
mini apples
silver ware
white gold Möbius strip
wedding presence
and presents
that long stretch of highway you still travel
everyday
brothers
friends (perhaps)
music
words in verse from your fingers
and spoken (broken)
Time lost to your treasures that revealed themselves to be
trash

-now rusting in place
cradling the remains of what never should have been