Shooting Star Wishes

by Cid K. Fleming

FROM THE BALCONY of our tenth-floor apartment, I comb the sky with eager eyes hoping to see a shooting star. “Stars are afraid of city lights, but a little song is always good for something.” Nana wraps her arms around me and hums a gentle tune. “Star light, star bright,” I say, as a few pinpricks of light twinkle through the glow of the city night sky. These ordinary stars are for little wishes—everyday wishes—like getting extra frosting on your cupcake or finding a quarter on the sidewalk. But shooting stars are different. “Shooting stars are lucky,” Nana says. So I keep a special wish ready—ready for a shooting star to catch my wish in its tail and dance across the sky. “There are too many lights tonight, sugarplum,” she…

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