How to open a file on the Desktop after pressing Command+F3 to see it?

There must a simple way to do this, no?

I have a number of applications open and I can't see a file on my desktop that I want to open (ie text file, playground, some type of image, etc...). I can Press Command+F3 to hide my top windows and show all the icons/files on the desktop, but if I try to click on the item, it doesn't do anything?

So what is the purpose of seeing all the items on my desktop if I can't open or move any of them?

So... how can I see a file on my desktop that I want to open and then open it? I really don't want to move 3-5 windows out of the way to make a space some where on my desktop so that I can now click on the item.

Any suggestions?