helped my daughter

to pull a dollhouse kit down from the store shelf above

 quite surprised to find

 how heavy it actually was 

just before it crowned me

more surprised than anything

all was well

but as we picked it up

with an alarmed store employee

i happened to notice

a little sticker on the underside that said

‘heavy’

 too little, too late. too heavy. 

—

“heavy is the head that wears the crown”
― wiiliam shakespeare