boxes again

boxes again




all these years of collecting

but now putting things in boxes

mostly for throwing away

some tools to give to friends

yes I still remember their feel

I enjoyed the work with them

today my joy is the memory of work

I don’t like to think of myself

as winding down

although a few weeks ago

I hired a crew to take away

my woodshop where in the past

I had spent hours

cutting stiles and rails

these days most of the plans

are in my head and fading

words from a woman

walking behind me at my sister’s funeral

sent me to the attic to load boxes



JRS

9/17/2010