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sentimental value

in a shoebox on the upper shelf
of a walk-in closet

anything could be inside

baseball cards
currency & coin
matchbox cars
origami animals
a porcelain doll

lost to the imagination
they are like forgotten soldiers
whose only desire was world peace

to reach the unreachable
requires hooks
& ladders
and an unquestionable desire
to rewind the clock
releasing the contents in wild abandon


september two thousand twenty-four
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved