This shoebox started out <br />a stiff-upper-lipped quadrilateral, <br />Upholder of Symmetry, Proportion, Principle, <br />sanctuary to an upright couple <br />of pedigree leather moccasins. <br /> <br />This week <br />shoebox learns <br />to sigh <br />de- <br /> cant, <br />contemplate <br /> <br />gravity. <br /> <br />Old idealist softens, <br />grows whiskers, <br />paw, <br />drowsing chin, <br />slumped tail, <br />Arctic eye. <br /> <br />Form is emptiness <br />Emptiness is form, Shariputra. <br /> <br />Shoebox abdicates <br />shape <br />and Gucci worship, <br /> <br />secedes from <br />nostalgia. <br /> <br />Pukka sahib <br />learns <br />to purr.<br /><br />Arundhathi Subramaniam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/catnap-3/
