What If We Came in a Cardboard Box

What if we came in pieces and parts

in plastic bags

with a small tube of glue

what if we were left on the doorstep

lit like a fuse

crackling

burning

what if we came

in at the middle

stayed to the end and came back for the start

what if we came like a ransom note

with a map and a warning

what if we came like an afternoon storm

what if we came fully formed like a colt

wet and warm

what if we came through the wall

like a ghost

or what if we came like a fish to the surface

what if we came like a bubble and popped

what if we came in pieces and parts

and no one came to put us together

what if we came in a cardboard box

what if no one

opened us up.