3wishes

if i had three wishes
i’d wish for a tree
a big one that reached ‘round the sky with its arms outstretched and open like
me. 

if i had two wishes
i’d wish for a spoon
so my soup would slide smoothly from my hand to my mouth like the stars to the
moon. 

if i had one wish as
i dangled from trees
and ate from the moon-spoon
and outstretched my arms like the stars ‘cross the world
i’d wish for a shoe
just one, ‘cause you see, the other one fell while i swung from my tree to reach
you.