MR. CAMEO'S WINGS

One morning Mr. Cameo, the engineer and inventor,
woke to find a pair of golden wings
leaning against the full-length mirror beside his bed.
Assuming some angel had been there to visit him
he dared not touch them fearing they'd be missed
and he'd be blamed.  But on the third day
he could no longer restrain himself.
"They must be a gift," he said delightedly.
Taking them outside, he put them on
and flew a few feet off the ground.
Mr. Cameo was thrilled.  He'd never felt anything quite like this.
Growing bolder, he flew above his house
and out over the surrounding woods.
That night he slept poorly, waking often to check on his wings.

The next day, growing bolder still,
he flew over the river and was reluctant to return
but had to call his employer to say he was sick.
The following day, he sailed over a mountain
and by the fourth day Mr. Cameo was soaring up among the clouds.
That's when he heard the voice of an angel say,
"How kind of you to return the wings
I carelessly left behind in your bedroom, Mr. Cameo."
Mr. Cameo was stunned