Gumball Poetry - Poetry by Jenni Fallein

Jenni Fallein

Grantor of Wishes

It's a good thing
wishes don't come true
Oh sure, it's obvious
What a mess
I wish you were dead
I wish I were dead
I wish we'd never moved
There we'd be
Jumping in and out of coffins
back and forth between cities
moving vans in reverse
holes in the dirt
opening and closing
like zippers
I wish I were young again
my nose much smaller
I'd never cut my hair
Can't you just see it?
Pacifiers and cigarettes
trading places
facial features like silly putty
and tufts of hair
flying like fluffy aphids
in the wind
to reconnect.
Guan Yin and all the other gods
couldn't cope
nor keep up with all the indecisions
But still we wish
and we wish our wishes to come true
While the fairies write
on tiny postcards
that we never get
"Wish you were here."

(Note: Guan Yin, the female Buddha, is called the 'grantor of wishes'.)

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Jenni Fallein lives in Missoula, Montana where she is a painter and teacher.

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M (mr_punch@geocities.com)

i love this
i really do

Carmela

i loved it
The poem told of a truth i think that we can all relate to. I loved the way it was written and the feeling it gave me.

Lau

This is too true...
How many times have we thought these things ourselves? This made me smile in embarassment.

BStuever from Stillwater, OK

Never has anything been so true
I have always said those thimgs but never really wished them true. You have expressed all my ideas!!!!!!

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