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In The Cupboard Below
December 22, 2015
There’s spiders
Tangled up
Tinsel
It’s all in there
Of course
Folded away
All waiting
For the big day
If only
We
Can find them
In time.
© Steve S., Marblehead, MA
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Lots of things get stored up in anticipation of family gatherings, not just decorations. In this way, the decorations and other trimmings we only pull out a couple of times a year for these events become a metaphor for the kinds of emotions or memories - the good and the bad - that are stirred by these events.