The Shoebox - Day 1

Destiny of the Ark
Topps Raiders of the Lost Ark #87, 1981

As the last reel runs out--the worst
of villains defeated--I decide
to archive my heart. To call the sacred
muscle by where its crate will rest.
A place and not a name. Put it
with the others, deep and plain, a plywood
tonic to treat curiosity. Safer not  to show
to questing good intentions. All of us
are unholy. All of us contain a third act
betrayal. Safer to possess
rather than enjoy.