Wishbone Half-eaten chickenlying on white serving platequartered potatoeschunks of carrotscelery toowe tell storiesand laugh about the dayyour little finger is locked around the wishboneso is mine I pretend to make a wishclose my eyesmumbling my lipsthat’s the way I faked out the nunspretending to say the rosaryso they would leave me aloneyour face is so determinedyou win the wrestling matchlifting your piece of chicken bone above your head in victory I know better than to askwhat did you wish forsecret desires of the heart are not to be sharedorthey won’t come trueeveryone knows thatyou clean the dishes I turn on the TVlying on the couchlistening to you make musicwith running waterand closing cupboard doors. Robert Hobkirk
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The Poem Poet: "Wishbone Half-eaten Chicken" Poet: I know better than to ask what you wished for Secret desires of the heart are not to be shared, Or they won't come true, Everyone knows that. "You clean the dishes. I turn on the TV. Listening to you make music with running water and closing cupboard doors."

Source: Somewhere Poetry Grows Wild Under The Eucalyptus

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