Magic Today
I shouldn’t be so naive, they say.
Magic does not exist today.
I knew that, but then it happened.
It didn’t come to attack them.
It came in the night, like oozing ochre.
It was enough to scare the Joker.
You could tap in, if you believed.
No telling what you could achieve.
Practice makes perfect, they say.
It took much more than a day.
All the magic described in books
could be done, even by crooks.
It is a different world we now live in.
The best sorcerer would always win.
There was nothing online to help.
This wasn’t for just any whelp.
It took belief and a strong connection.
A good defense for protection.
Lightning bolts were flying fast & heavy.
One blasted out the local levy.
The flood wiped out the evil wizard.
Others said they would fry our gizzards.
The battle goes on with little relief.
One is lucky if they don’t lose their teeth.
How long will this magic stay?
For us, it is impossible to say.
But, while it lasts there will be no peace.
Evil wizards play for keeps.
———————-R. W. Johnson—–(2016)