| as frail hinges pivot on a case's door commemorative souvenirs from places containers change with each occasion a cellophane encased display of paper certificate to credit years of service a tool of central enterprises the early hope for permanence the words the rings consistency social security the miracle high tragedy |
a thought mistaken for a memory clear the dust from smiles in boxes pass a patterned wall recall their voices a local post will list your friends in order of disappearance lawn scattered tins feed birds the portion baked for absent guests the mass edition icons God sent comfort your salvation but who grants absolution for sins that never were committed? |
