Dream of the Red Tin Box from London

rerun of a dream-poem

early twentieth-century London fire truck

(Rerun from one year ago today)

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I’m holding a tin box
purchased at the duty free
shop in some airport,

Heathrow perhaps. It's
painted red and on one side
it has the names of

famous British fire
trucks and on the other side
the names of famous

British ambulances.
C.S. Lewis wrote about them,
perhaps invented them.

Inside the tin, as
I understand it: cards and 
possibly cookies

(biscuits) for snacking
and for playing a game based
on the various

unique sirens
of the fire trucks and
ambulances.

The challenge and fun
is to know your history
as you eat your treats.

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