The Magician Who Didn’t Want to Be a Magician

I think you wanted me to see through your tricks

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You left wires visible

The trap door left wide open

I saw your hat begin to slip

As you shrunk to your cape

I think you wanted me to see through your tricks

Behind the curtain, you loosen your cape, let down the wand

More than anything, you wanted someone to see through your tricks

To pull out the words you desired to speak

Though, too afraid to find yourself alone, speaking to an audience that never existed

You always played a good game of cat and mouse

Hoping

Someone

Someday

might catch you

You saw me

Capable of detecting transparency

(or lack thereof)

With the drop of a cape

I think you wanted me to see through your tricks

I’ve come to understand,

and I’m sorry to say,

That though ambitious,

I feel as if some things,

few things,

Are better left unsaid

Enjoy the show