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Somewhere
between
Wish & Hope
is a trail
a paper
set alight
on a campfire
night with
s'mores
where a
storyteller
says:
Wish is like
a bone
a fantasy
to break
and nothing
more;
but Hope
has a door
a real strong
foundation
on which
to rest
the soul—
a concrete
location
like for a
constellation
sited and pinned
to a page
with a name
not yet
pronounced
and a frame
light year's
apart —
not a shooting
star—
though we see
what we see
as we see it
when we see it
and anyhow
the storyteller
adds
as fuel
to the fire:
Wish & Hope
are same
in desire
euphemisms
both—
for some
other four
letter words
—choice of
which one
depends
entirely
on the
occasion
anticipated
between
the kindling
gathered in
expectation