Open little box <br /> <br />We kiss your bottom and cover <br />Keyhole and key <br /> <br />The whole world lies crumpted in you <br />It resembles everything <br />Except itself <br /> <br />Not even your clear-sky mother <br />Would recognize it anymore <br /> <br />The rust will eat your key <br />Our world and us there inside <br />And finally you too <br /> <br />We kiss your four sides <br />And four corners <br />And twenty-four nails <br />And anything else you have <br /> <br />Open little box<br /><br />Vasko Popa<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-prisoners-of-the-little-box/
