living.

how do you repackage a life lived?
taken apart?
or complete?
to ease it back
into the box
it came in
to put it
back on the shelf
to be resold
reused
how?
it doesn't fit anymore
it has become something
bigger
outlasted
outshined
you can't fold it
on the original lines
anymore
or find the old tags
the prices have skyrocketed
anyway
how do you repackage a life lived?
trying to put value on it
when you have no idea
the true worth
the sentimental
the retail assessment
and effort behind making it
all improvements
wings and additions added later
without thought to what it would
add
or take away
to the intrinsic cost
of living it.