What's in the Box?
- The Hare and the Pear
- Aug 25, 2023
- 2 min read
A patron at an art show told, "I don't know what I'd put in a box." I'm sure this wasn't what they meant. They probably meant, "I'm not buying today." Still, a salesgirl has gotta have her pitch. Here is an inexhaustive list for anyone who isn't sure what they can store in a box.

Mushroom boxes and screwtop honey jars
Battery operated tea light candle
Makeup pads or sponges
Loose change
Weird spare keys of unknown provenance
Small cables
All the small leftovers screws from furniture assembly
Gifts from neighborhood ravens
Hair ties
Butterfly clips
Y2K nostalgia
Snap clips
Bobby pins
Jewelry
Specifically the jewelry you take off when you take a shower because the freaking cat batted your wedding ring down the sink drain once.
Sewing supplies
Jar of wishes
Matches
Candy
Secrets told to you by wizards
USB drives
Dice
Marbles
Stickers
Potion ingredients
To be read list
Your pocket guide to blending in with normal humans
Paperclips
Thumbtacks
Rubber bands
A tiny vampire hunting kit
Binder clips
Sticky notes
Extra rolls of tape
Mechanical pencil refills
Erasers
Dreams in need of urgent care after ten years in accounting
Condoms
Antique lace
Special ticket stubs
The random Lego bricks you find with your bare feet
Stamps or address labels
Spare fairy wings
Washi tape
Buttons
Tea bags
All of those pretty rocks you collect on walks

Small boxes
Earrings
Beads
Paperclips
Thumbtacks
Rubber bands
Strands of hair needed for spells
Airpods or ear plugs
Glitter that you have aggressive plans for
Finger cots
Pogs
Stamps
Sewing supplies
Probably a freakishly large Pokemon, because the physics there is sus
Twist ties
Small stickers
Hair ties
Secrets told to you by fairies
Kneaded eraser
That last shard of faith in humanity that you've been guarding since 2020
Enemies you have shrunken using the ancient talisman you found under a dead oak tree in the pet cemetery
Ancient talismans
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