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	box 1. ____________________________________________________ destination: New Jersey history: a gift, hand-beaded in Providence by a freckle-faced native Jersian counting down her days to a decision that would never be reached, glass hearts and sanddollars.
	box 2. ____________________________________________________ destination: New York, New York history: one leftover birthday candle- melted, one more year on fruit pizza; one of three sparkling prayer necklaces snuck in from Mexico -¿Pero recuperará jamás a la iglesia? - picked from a wall of thousands by an Tequilla-drinking hand
	box 3. ____________________________________________________ destination: Lexington, Virginia history: Emerging from the Chealsea Flea Market, she was meant to be the queen in a game of chess on Spring St._ but her strong allure created a delicate imbalance in her legs and she often needed to lean to catch her breath
	box 4. ____________________________________________________ destination: back to Washington, D.C. history: Even the Capital gives away hotdogs. Babuh was there.
	box 5. ____________________________________________________ destination: Boston, Massachusetts history: holy cow, yellow taurus. miniture representation, hollow hiding belly.
	box 6. ____________________________________________________ destination: Long Island, New York history:Prepackaged, they first appeared at the carnival. Can you ever open something so small?
	box 7. ____________________________________________________ destination: Providence, Rhode Island history: Unraveling in shades of yellow covered with dust on the mantlepiece next to the mirror from the man down the street. He delivered it. She did the dishes every day without a word of disdain. Thread and broken glass was a reoccuring theme those two years. They say it was catharsis. Luckily, it is a cacoon.
	box 8. ____________________________________________________ destination: Brooklyn, New York history: Discarded gelatto samplers scatter the streets as Mecky struts through the Argentinean soot and soleil. Ayacucho por favor. Paper peels back to reveal more and we can't stop touching everything.
	box 9. ____________________________________________________ destination: Augora Hills, California history: Gold glitz cuffed and passed from hand to hand. Mom-made bedazzles.Pee in the tent, matching mermaids. I permed my hair because of you.
	box 10. ____________________________________________________ destination: Massachusetts history: Rainy night party filled with artifical glitter from a recently passed grandmother's attic, gems and jewels from ears to fingertips followed by a first nocturnal journey to Bigfords. There was a man singing Halleluhia. I wish I had a bike.
	box 11. ____________________________________________________ destination: Morristown, New Jersey history: Milton Flea Market in November , sneaky and rusting, heavy in the handles, thin in the blades, a mustache with eyes rediscovered in the same place you found your Appalachian treasure a year before.
	box 12. ____________________________________________________ destination:New York, New York history:a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. the dishes are always clean. the dishes are never clean. this spoon is clean! it shines. it lived in 377 too.
	box 13. ____________________________________________________ destination: Providence, Rhode Island history: charm of the utilitarian. The teeth too big to cut practically, but I sawed through anyway. This tool is not guarded. There is a place to fit your hand.
	box 14. ____________________________________________________ destination: Boulder, Colorado history: Beads like blonde curls. It hangs on the old lampost. Found in a shop at dusk in paris for you and never passed on until now.
	box 15. ____________________________________________________ destination: Edinburgh, Scotland history:Stranger in a strange land. Turkey in the mountains. Milton Flea Market. Gears, frozen perfectly in place. This clock lost it's hands; tranquil defiance of time.
	box 16. ____________________________________________________ destination: Lexington, Kentucky history: Silk lines shout for attention. Beauty has a sense of humour.
	box 17. ____________________________________________________ destination: Miami, Ohio history: Passed around in Providence halloween night, some said cockface with a grin. Woman with a beak. It used to live in the hobby shop on washington street; gobbling at night.
	box 18. ____________________________________________________ destination: Morgantown, West Virginia history: Transparent cover reveals gears inside. oh christmas tree repeats on loop, a few notes scatter slower than usual. Her imperfection is her greatest attribute. She seems tired, but she has always been more honest than most.
	box 19. ____________________________________________________ destination: Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York history: Chalice adorned with tulips. A dent and a tarnished exterior cannot detract from the symmetry. One of a pair, previously inhabiting the Chelsea Flea Market,a womb between the African rugs and the barbie dolls.
	box 20. ____________________________________________________ destination: Charleston, West Virginia history: Ssweatstained wood and metal to call your own. Evidence of the formative time salvaged from the Ort Building. Something like a medal of honor to bolt into a new wall you will build. I came back to paint walls and say sorry. A building rebuilt.
	box 21. ____________________________________________________ destination: New York, New York history: Goggles to see new worlds; third dimensions of generosity filled with icepops and partybusses.
	box 22. ____________________________________________________ destination: Seatle, Washington history: The Market along the tracks back from the sludge and the best olives of my life. Storms blew amidst doll heads and Argentinean dishes but all I could see was the llama. I carried it back to Buenos Aires on the train and sat it by the window, never discovering my most recent animal representation could on top of everything, open bottles.
	box 23. ____________________________________________________ destination: Mobile, Alabama history: Mixindrinks head over heels lost two legs but still two to spare. Two is always better than none.
	box 24. ____________________________________________________ destination: Seakonk, Massachusetts history:frail, intricate line;plugged it in but never quite fit into any socket. little brains make big ideas.
	box 25. ____________________________________________________ destination: Bloomington, Indiana history:Royal purple uniformly squirts through a white tube. Who knew it was really the icing on the cake?
	box 26. ____________________________________________________ destination: Charleston, West Virginia history: First intended to become the castle on a chessboard, the rusted bell moved from the Chelsea Flea Market to the mantlepiece that bears no fires. When it rings it whispers dreams of porchswings. Its hollows reminisce of past lives in church choirs.
	box 27. ____________________________________________________ destination: Honolulu, Hawaii history: a gift from mom off the streets of New York somewhere in the course of childhood, trickling with tibetan beads, knots, and rocks, i swear these charms hold protective powers
	box 28. ____________________________________________________ destination: Providence, Rhode Island history: Sea-themed dining,a hot summer night undone with braided ropes, nautical windows, and an uncles wine. the muller family festers in the heat of red white and blue on 8th ave. Laura grabbed the cow-trodden packet on the way out.
	box 29. ____________________________________________________ destination: Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York history: Chalice number two, part of a pair. Pewter carved with reed marks, or wings. Able to carry a dollop of wine, a single treat, the smallest package.
	box 30. ____________________________________________________ destination: Smalltown, New Jersey history: shoving for space in their younger years, they are learning to live in their plush velvet shell. traveling from spanish-speaking lands, they were born in Argentina.
	box 31. ____________________________________________________ destination: Lexington, Virginia history: Dinosaurs were here first- just like you. dont be decieved by his yellowbelly, he pummels unchartered territories and plants in neighbors gardens.
	box 32. ____________________________________________________ destination:Morgantown, West Virgina history: it blends in with skin and people double-take. she-whiskers out on the town. hophop born in a hobby shop.
	box 33. ____________________________________________________ destination: Staten Island, New York history: Form and function coincide. Tool among tools. The staple. (The heart.) They used to pull them out of burning houses and use them again and again. Much like ice cubes.
	box 34. ____________________________________________________ destination: Charleston, West Virginia history:Scratches across pages. seventeen years old. prismacolor on stark white and trying to get out into the world I didn't know.
	box 35. ____________________________________________________ destination: New York, New York history: Warp and weft, 32 thread count. 1 2 3 4. Hand-woven sample of warm wool and green plastic shimmers, contrasting materialsbrought together on the loom to reconcile differences; one of my favorites.
	box 36. ____________________________________________________ destination: Long Island, New York history: Glowing pink, he swam all the way across the ocean, from West Virginia to Providence, just to go to orientation.
	box 37. ____________________________________________________ destination: Pohnpei, Micronesia history:Uncovered in Portland, Maine at a bookstore only supporting local. Tennyson bound in what feels like cork, holy with humor; a quest for truth!
	box 38. ____________________________________________________ destination: Charleston, West Virginia history: Three grow off one. concave baby bundles, a womb-like shape i can't shake. branches hold everything together despite rebellion of the pods within. Smuggled onto the windowpane from a tree in Argentina.