WHAT I WOULD LIKE

Photo by S. Auberle

I would like to have Makepeace

for my middle name

like William Thackeray

and I would like to think he did ...

I would like the sky

to always be that shade

of golden peach

shining at 5:00 this morning

I should like for everyone

to have a lemon tree

in their backyard because

lemon juice is good for everything

and a wild garden to turn

cocoons into butterflies ...

lastly I would like soft shawls for all

to wrap up little dogs

who tremble terribly when it storms

and need you to soothe them

whisper over and over

everything's gonna be alright ...