the little box

three peppermint pastilles. fourteen and a half ticket stubs, two numbered sequentially. a couple of rolled up fags. four shark teeth, and one whalebone. the remains of a ribbon, frayed and discoloured. a doll's shiny glassy eye. a roadmap. a fork. an almost illegible letter. serviettes, neatly folded up around a flattened rose. an unused promo sachet, anti-ageing cream. a used band-aid in a clear plastic bag. seven mismatched keys in a keyring initialled "o" or "c" or "q". a perfumed heart-shaped soap bar. a piece of broken glass. a mirror. a dried up fountain pen.