![I blow out the candles
and wish for a wishbone
dry as day after thanksgiving
Me and my big sister
pulling on the brittle arms
across the old ranch table
so many candles ago
that neither remember
who got the bigger half](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wishbone-Wish.jpg?resize=600%2C600)
Wishbone Wish
![I blow out the candles
and wish for a wishbone
dry as day after thanksgiving
Me and my big sister
pulling on the brittle arms
across the old ranch table
so many candles ago
that neither remember
who got the bigger half](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wishbone-Wish.jpg?resize=600%2C600)
Author’s grandfather with Baby (Uncle Bruce) on Silver. Author’s mother standing alongside – circa 1926
The one room schoolhouse north of Courval, Saskatchewan
attended by the author’s father and the author as well
Author’s mother with her siblings circa 1925