Wings of Desire

Jimmy and John built wings made out of cardboard. Cut into thousands of pieces some as thin as paper others more to the size of bone they covered the surface will shellac and linseed oil sewed the overlapping sections with spider silk Jimmy found in the back of the Chinese medicine shop. They climbed on top of the cliff at Pirate’s Cove. Jumping off the edge an ocean breeze sent them soaring upward. They flew around till sunset, landed and went home. The next day Jimmy’s family moved to Manitoba. John waved goodbye and knew he would never fly again.