If I had a broomstick 1details

If I had a broomstick, and knew how to ride it,
I’d fly through the windows when Jane goes to tea,
And over the tops of the chimneys I’d guide it,
To lands where no children are cripples like me;
I’d run on the rocks with the crabs and the sea,
Where soft red anemones close when you touch;
If I had a broomstick, and knew how to ride it,
If I had a broomstick—instead of a crutch!
Patrick R. Chalmers.

(p. 234)