A government order
Shift
Shift precious dryer
And the lesser things wife, child, son
pack up baby clothes, wife's artificial rings
Son's shoe polish
seal in memory, careless words
slept sheets, unslept selves,
Drive away
misdealt address
shift home
build
a next carton 'home'.
Interesting. That ability to rationalize sentiments is remarkable in you.My job involves shifting... it is not all cartons!It takes me new places, new experiences, just like reading this blog and discovering a new view.
ReplyDeleteThank you, cartons are beautiful if you look at them with a mathematical angle.
ReplyDeletewriting on carton too.you hate shifting dont you?
ReplyDeleteSowmya,used to it now.
ReplyDeleteEvery govt servant experiences shift home cartons. But it is a new way of life, new land and new people and new experiences are awaiting.
ReplyDeleteTrue, still a shift from the old to the new.
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