Thursday, May 04, 2023

ON WHAT TO DO WHEN THE SECOND BEST WISH COMES TRUE (SECOND VERSION)

 

maybe it won't turn out to be

the first thing you wished

on the second best star in the Heavens

still it may be better than real butter

on scraped toast

than learning you didn't flunk math after all

just, almost=

or botch the experiment taking too many notes

so that you have to do it all over again

the day before Christmas vacation ends

so what if you get the green coach and not the red

the sparkly ribbon and not the scarf instead

be thankfull look at the snow moon after awhile and sigh

be glad you're not the sun in the summer sky.

mary angela douglas 16 october 2021;4 may 2023


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