March 17, 2019

"Imagine finding a box. Write about opening it and what's inside."

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It is a plain cardboard box, nothing out of the ordinary, a medium sized box, nothing to hint at what it could it contain. But it is sealed, and that arouses curiosity as to what it could hide within its confines.

You try to pick it up, its weight is deceptive, for its size it is quite light, so maybe it is either not too full or what ever is in the box is not too heavy. You shake it and there is only a faint rattling sound. You get even more curious. But then it is not your box to open, even though you do not know the person to whom it is addressed and are not even sure why it is in you home. 

You resist the curiosity, the temptation to open it; you have a sneaking suspicion that it could be dangerous, a thought you laugh it off as soon as it enters your mind. You make up your mind, it does not belong to you, so you do not open it and push it to one corner of the attic where it lays forgotten.

Three years later, when you are moving out of that flat, the box comes out of attic, once again a fleeting temptation to you. You smile, it welcomed you and now it bids you goodbye. You look around to see that there  is no one around and wave it a goodbye. 

The box remains in the flat you vacated, a welcoming temptation for the next tenant.

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