It’s Open Link Night (OLN) at the dVerse Poets Pub!
Wishes, no matter
how heartfelt how
life-or-death-impossible
can sometimes
surprise you and
come true and life
is suddenly perfect.
Other wishes don’t
stand a chance in
Hell
of turning out and
when they don’t
your heart shatters like
great grandmother’s
Christmas ornaments—
in sudden, perpetual
slow-mo.
And you truly
aren’t
that surprised.
Ergo, the Ogre 
Tell it like it is