“Once Upon a Starless Night
by Maisie Aletha Smikle

One starless night
The dish flew away
And left the spoon
The spoon looked for the moon

But the moon was not in tune
It decided to come at noon
The midnight sky wondered why
The moon and the stars were not in the sky

O what a moonless starless night
Nothing was in sight
Except the night owls and alley cats
Their eyes casting shadows on the meadows

Why O why moans the midnight sky
Are the moon and stars gone from the sky
Why O why cries the spoon
Is the dish gone when there is no moon

Shadows drift
And the spoon makes a wish
O starless night I wish
For a flying dish

To rest my spoon
And find the moon
That's out of tune
And wants to come at noon

An angel heard the wish
And brought the dish
The stars and the moon
Back to the spoon”