my grandmother
kept
glasses and teeth
my grandfather's
in a blue box
she did it
when he was alive
too
to keep a
lid on things
she said
my aunt
kept
empty boxes
of chocolates
with their bottom
wrappers
the box and I
are remembering
she said
the box
in your home
knows
what's in it
who put it there
so carefully
contained
the box
on display
in a museum
has no story
it wants
to come home
to speak for
its tokens
its bones
