.
cardboard boxes
cartons carted
from here to where...
into storage
or shipment
relocation being the matter at hand

upon arrival
or retrieval
said boxes are summarily
slashed
gutted
squashed
trashed
or burned

sometimes though,
put into storage themselves
smaller ones into larger
to be stacked in a corner
on a shelf
in a new house
more than likely to be called back into
service once again

cardboard boxes
a pretty good invention
the best of intentions
but
a never-ending reminder
of impermanence