wooden box

(92 or three I think)

a wooden box with glass windows
contains aincient ceramic pots
filled with painted views of
whooping cranes circumnavigating
their bellies and the scales of
a dragon and the breath of a
sea turtle and invisible spirits
of man made winged creatures
swim above the Korean pots
with bundles of invisible twigs
in their cargo bays to be dropped
over every town in the country.
     only if these live spirits
     can penetrate glass can
     all the cities in America
     have homes beautifully
     constructed of bamboo
     twigs for their people
     and animals.
inside the glass a world
of moving hands will swim
forever unless the trap door
in the bottom of the wooden box
is opened by a chance wave
surging up from the sea.