hitchhiker

if angels were fishes

and fishes were wishes

and wishes were horses,

beggars would ride.

and i'm sure we could catch a ride with them if we needed;

beggars are really very generous people,

probably because they've got nothing to hide

and

nothing to give;

well, "nothing," that is,

except things real, things uncaptive,

the things you'd expect to find on your way to wherever,

things 

things like dust

and love

and dirty pennies

and boxes of baby clothes nobody wanted to look at after emily died.