Box.

I found a cardboard box this morning
Quite an unassuming box really,
not too big. six inches by four inches
Grey in colour.
After opening my shirt I grappled with my heart.
Pulling it out, I put it securely into that box.

Shedding a tear for this friend that has caused
me in unequal measure, both joy and unmentionable pain,
I said goodbye and replaced the lid.

Then creeping furtively out of the house at midnight
I buried it deep beneath our garden shed.
Goodbye troublesome friend.

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