The Grandest Wish


What would be your grandest wish?
There would be a table, of oak, handmade

by a Chippewa. A long table, a viking boat
in a room so broad the walls can not be seen

within a darkness of distance. The table
is well lit by a fire, at which the head

sits. Is that it?  A sewing angel drops her thimble.
I don't get it. No, neither do I. It's just

what I'd wish. You'd wish an image.
As if it were vision.