shooting star etiquette

Over the past few days I have seen three shooting stars.
Three.
I have been taught since childhood that you always take the opportunity to wish on a falling star, because who knows the next time you will see one?

So I witness these stars falling from the heavens and I can't help but wonder...
.... what are the rules?
What are the specifications that a wish must meet in order for the gods to deem it worthy of being granted?

As I pondered what wish I should make I wondered...
....how long do I have to make said wish?
If I wait too long... will my wish not count?
If I don't make my wish in time, will I be able to make the same wish later?
If I start to wish and I start bumbling and mix up words in my head, will it be too late to start over?

And as I mumbled and fucked up my wish I thought...
...how are the wishes sorted out anyway?
If one star is bombarded with thousands of wishes at once, who's wish comes true,
Or is it more than one?
What if the wishes contradict each other and the star has to choose between the two, what is the deciding factor?

And what are the guidlines of a wish?
What are the rules or boundaries that make a wish acceptable to be wished?
What if my wish would have granted one person I cared about incredibly happiness... but would bring nothing but pain to another?
What if my wish wasn't politically correct?
Would my wish even be considered?

And as I decided my wish probably wouldn't even count anyway I thought...
....why give up on something, an idea since childhood that brought so much happiness?
Why stop an impulse of wishing on every star that falls
Just because maybe that wish won't come true

So i closed my eyes and wished hard.
For what, you ask?
I can't tell you or it won't come true.