How to Make A Box

Find someone with cuts to match
your cuts, lines to meet your lines.
Fold yourself to fit, as required.
Some parts of you may interlock.
Cut out a window and use for a handle.
Carry a secret or make a display.
Hold it together or pull it apart.
You decide what to keep inside.

Kathleen Flenniken lives in Seattle with her husband and three children. She has published poems in local and national journals.