Unboxing
A toy, a gadget or a gizmo
is often unwrapped
and every entirely predictable moment
of removing the expensive trinket
from its unnecessary packaging is oohed
ahhed – and even filmed –
until you find in your hand
a naked electronic device
and not the joy you were seeking.
I want an unboxing revolution:
to cast aside the conventional cardboard
and cautious bubble wrap
to reveal
my unexpected interior self
with its urge to dance badly
and sing in quiet places and
tell people to fuck off.
Then, packaging free,
I could hurtle off
and do exactly what I fancy.
