Wish - Poetry - Lakeside Park

Wish

if one wish could be granted
		(without the monkey's paw)
	i'd wish
	for a camera that could take pictures of my imagination
		where i see in full color, photo-detail, three dimensions,
		and moving too
and bring it into reality
	where i draw
		these wonderful things in the cruel lines of pencil:
		black and white, smashed into two dimensions,
		frozen in time

then i could take that dragon/unicorn/cat picture and draw it
i could draw anger
i could draw your heart in sparkling sapphire
	deep blue more precious than roses and wine
	or diamonds and champagne
	or money
		mere printed paper
	or all the kingdoms of the world
		for what would i do with that wealth but
		yearn for more
	or love
i could draw wishes
	dreams
	your love

but then i would wish for something else
or be annoyed at the limitations of the thing
	like that it can only take my imagination
	or it might not take pictures fast enough
or be killed because someone else wanted it
	and didn't understand the nature of it
		keyed to me

so i don't wish too hard for it because
	it might come true
		and then i'd be someone else
		who takes pictures of his imagination
		instead of drawing it right

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