AT THE BEACH WITH ELIZABETH

I wish my granddaughter paper dolls:

"Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose,"

circa 1940s.  I wish her pick-up sticks

of rainbow colors, or a rubber ball,

Say, and its metallic jacks.  I

wish her a Monopoly board, lots

of property---rows of dominoes

as black as the hearts

of those bad boys who ran away.  "I wish,

I wish, with all my heart," says E.

with wave of good witch

Glinda's starry wand, while I ask

Bring Elizabeth back

that heartless pack who

would not let her play.