gumbo & dirty rice

there is a box, defining.
on the outside of the box
is the definition of box
next, a box with a definition.
put in the box with other boxes one
is outside the inner box
boxed. say a word enough times
it looks wrong. language boxes
on the corner lunch table, grain & stew & spices.
psychoetry flowetry under the nola tree.
half of that's stolen, boxed & buried
not itself yet not something else yet
a why is as good as a ribbon.
raise one side, another add lid
as appropriate. the question
continues the answer
anxiously awaits a package
to be folded into
as if it already existed, complete with cat.