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Midnight Wishes
by Angela Yuriko Smith

Smallish Child, come here

and see the magic I hide.

Adventures await!

No musty, dark trunk

full of smother and last gasp

am I… Smallish Child.

Trust in my thick dust.

In me are answers you seek

in secrets I keep.

I know your wishes.

Here, I have a gift for you

nestled with spiders.

He’s been waiting here—

hide and seeking turned weeping. 

But midnight wishes

always get granted—

your brother, finally returned!

Smallish Child, come here.

Fiction © Copyright Angela Yuriko Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.

More from Angela Yuriko Smith:

Angela Yuriko Smith is an American poet, author and co-publisher of Space and Time magazine, a publication that has been printing speculative fiction, art and poetry since 1966. Together we build a poem as a community each month. Visit “Exquisite Corpse” at SpaceandTime.net to submit.

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