Sunday, March 14, 2021

The Moon We've Got

We have none. What you want, what you are seeking

In books and from that cave inside the pit,

We don’t have that. What you have not pursued

Over the river and through the woods, we stock,

And we can locate what you‘d rather not.

We do not stock elixirs, though. Heart’s-ease

Is unavailable this time of year.

The talking mirror set, with comic brush,

We just ran out, whenever you came in.

Riches that do not callous the heart, those beans

That everybody wants? Nobody has.

A second chance? A second second chance?

You could ask for the moon. The moon we’ve got.

It comes in sizes—young and growing old.

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