Today at the park, I watched a boy
Pecking away at a computer toy
When near his face, a Faerie went by
And I smiled as I saw it catch his eye
"Mommy! I caught a wish!" he cried
And then I heard his mother sigh
"That's not a wish. It's just a seed,
drifted from some noxious weed,
to plant itself, and then to breed.
Now isn't that just what we need?"
And I whispered, heartbroken, "indeed."
