If Only I Could Reach A Little Farther

if only I could reach a little farther...
then i would have reached the remote 
without spilling my cup of tea.
this way i would not have burned by hand...and lept out of my chair.
So The chair would not have fell backwayrd...scaring my cat
and my cat would not have tried to climb
the christmass tree...and the tree would not have fell into
into a bowl of punch...and my grandma would not have thought
the red juice was a fire
(she was startled and her glasses fell off)
And my brother would not have grabbed
the fire extinguisher 
And sprayed the tree with white foam.
And my dad would not have started spraying water on everyone
and forgot he had lasania in the oven
so the fire extunguisher might not have come on
and further sprayed our house with water.
If only I could reach a little farther...