Sunday, May 5, 2013

Antique Inkstone

chrisb


In a Chinese antique shop
I am drawn
to a beautiful box
covered with embroidered brocade
closed by ivory tabs

I open the treasure
its hinges are red ribbon
stretched diagonally
to hold the lid open and vertical
over the white silk interior

red sealing wax
marks as antique
the enclosed
dull
green-black
ink stone

even the price is reverent.

About the Author

chrisb / Author & Editor

Has laoreet percipitur ad. Vide interesset in mei, no his legimus verterem. Et nostrum imperdiet appellantur usu, mnesarchum referrentur id vim.

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