Pretty packaging;
abandoning what’s inside,
kids know how to play
Posted for dVerse Poets Pub’s Saturday prompt, An Evening of Short Verse, hosted by Fred.
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amen. give a kid a box and they are happy…when do we lose that? and why? stil ‘box’ with my boys a bit…they keep me young…smiles.
The box is just versatile to play with than the toy. The imagination of children prefers something besides a toy already in final form perhaps. 🙂
I think I liked the wrapping paper more than the gift most of them time 🙂 I like this poem
so true.
Hi Steve! Yes the wrapper, only a parent knows this for sure. Have my underage -two pictures to prove it! Precious.
I love that kids are often like this– goes to show that expensive toys aren’t as fun as having good friends and some imagination (and a box, of course!) Thanks for the read
really like how the first two lines seem intricately connected, yet the final line, while I definitely see a connection, yet it offers to me more of a reflection, a commentary on the differences between ages, and how we lose something of that childhood vision as we grow older, and in ways more superficial and cynical, less believing, less imaginative. Strong piece Steve. Perfect for the theme tonight. Thanks
oh that made me smile…isn’t it wonderful how kids can just play with everything…abandoning the “real” toys..i love this…cheers to them for not losing their fantasy
…ah the joy from simple things that doesn’t require to weigh much… absolutely great message to take… smiles…
How refreshing !
Beautifully fresh – and so true to life! My kids’ boxes have been caves, spaceships, luggage, traps for lions in the back garden…
This brings back memories of when my children found pleasure in playing with boxes – and not their contents.
Lovely words.
Anna :o]
I love all the whimsy in this one.