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Wish Upon a Star

WISH UPON A STAR

eyes drawn upward —
   like a candle on a cake
first birthday or too old

the lottery is billions upon billions
   tickets bought
blowing dandelion seeds for surety

tremor of seedlings like flesh
   burning your palm
      wanting your death

one star stands out amidst the myriads
richer than all kings
waiting for the poor in spirit
to rejoice with open arms

while money strangles the sea
   crushed and fluid plastic —
even the wisest heart pinched

the saint patiently waits
for the sweetest answer
       placed in folded hands
       and worn out knees

a Father smiles and grants
   eternity and all the treasury
the inheritance overflows

a luckless star fizzles
   the blessed one glows

10/20/2018

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 10/22/2018 3:10:00 PM
Wow! Bingo, Kim! Those last five lines, esp. the last two---precious forever... And a poetically gentle comment on what's really important in life as well. A FAVE for me! Best wishes, Gershon
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/22/2018 3:18:00 PM
Thanks, Gershon!
Date: 10/22/2018 9:40:00 AM
Your last two lines are spot on Kim, well written. Tom. Don't know if you're aware but yesterday many poems, comments and replies disappeared off the site.
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Tom Cunningham
Date: 10/22/2018 10:08:00 AM
From some of the comments I saw it seems the site crashed and they had to reboot which took it back to an earlier time and anything after that time would have been lost.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/22/2018 9:46:00 AM
Wow! What happened? Do you know?

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