I Wish I
1.
I wish I was my father’s son,
And he would speak to me.
I wish I was my mother’s son,
And I would not be his son.
I wish I was my brother’s brother,
And I could kick him in the groin and stop
Envying his wonderful cock.
I wish I was my stepparent’s son,
And they would love me, and
Smile to me.
2.
I wish I was God’s son
And I would have a
Goal.
I wish I was Jesus’s son,
And that would be nice
too.
I wish I was the son of Alex Morgan,
And I would be a beauty
And I would score
Goals.
3.
I wish I was a wild beast,
And I would never be
afraid.
I wish I was a dead fish.
I wish I was a man
And I would love
Women.
4.
I wish I was a bulb,
And I would hang loosely
on a wire over a toilet bowl
And that would be disgusting.
I wish I was a toilet-bowl
And that would be worse.
5.
I wish I had no wish
And I would be happy.
I wish I was dead
And I would have
No wishes.
Alain Marciano wrote essays for years and switched recently to poetry and short-fiction after a class in creative writing. Since then his work appeared in among other places, Animal farm, Forge, Down in the dirt, Circa, Decades, Scissors and Spackle, Gloom Cupboard, Shelf life magazine, The Rampallian.