Storage Spaces (repost)
there are no extras here, it has all been stored away the scent neatly packet in a series of bottles, each labeled the voice in its own box--double tape on the edges to keep it all in it was more difficult to store away the items with inherent subtlety-- what to do with a gesture, a gaze? those have been captured in the mirror and the mirror covered with a long cloth it has been trickier, however, to store away the intangibles a moment, a thought, a feeling ... those have been wrapped rice paper dipped in oil to preserve them more difficult still has been to inventory the random memories, the ones triggered by a place, a scent, a sound for those the storage space will have to be greater ... impossible, however, and we must all agree, will be to gather the energies that elude our control nostalgia, want, desire and even love can't be concealed for those a greater storage space, such as a desert or ocean.