Liquor Store Boxes

Gormless creatures look upon liquor store boxes as vehicles
Useful for carting whiskey, rum, and tequila from distilleries
To neighborhood shops. They can’t imagine sundry cartons
As cat palaces, moving aids, bird feeders, or gardening pads.
In their limited regard, corrugated or flat containers are meant
Just to haul gin, brandy, and fortified wines. Packets don’t exist
To become shoe racks, drawer dividers, else coasters, or to get
Repurposed as animal beds, costumes, if not wall garlands;
Things ought to stay put in the form to which they’re born!

Fortunately, most of us can see beyond the initial liqueur, beer,
Cider, even oceans of chips or pretzels, that were once enclosed
In cardboard cases. Whether photo frames or doll houses, we
Can envision many materials’ morphs. In our minds’ eyes, new
Applications enhance not just packaging, but also people. Heroes
Don’t curb function; girls can be astronauts, boys can be nurses.
Orphans might grow into Presidents. Differently able folks may
Well run universities. The possibilities inhere in alcohol’s caddies,
Plus publics is naturally unbounded. “Pulp” offers vast pickings.