Magnificent color, handmade

structure,

Carefully laid sideways,

 removed from an old 

abandoned house.

Many years ago the owner had died

Intestate, perhaps

No one was left behind to care.

One old curved glass closet

dated back to the 1900's, maybe.

One drawer with a set of skeleton keys.

One curious seeker of  colletible

furniture and treasure,

attempted to open the old 

curved glass door.

The old furniture needed to stand

on it's feet.  There are some boys sitting

 under a tree.  "Come fellows

take $10.00 an carry this old dresser

down the street to my house for me,

 and if you dont mind

 stand it upright on the deck; on it's feet."

Each key has it's purpose ,

Old wooden locked boxes of coins,

Some gold some silver some rusty.

A doll in the original box dated

year 1811.

Padded walls of various size bills

of money,

hidden behind old newspapers.

The next thing to do is go banking,

and then call a furniture restorer, who

will leave  the smell of the find,

and build a nicer case for the doll.

Louisa A Dobbins-Bull

(c) 2008