04-04-2017, 10:08 AM
Magic Man
Magic man got magic,
madness,
sadness
in his hat, got the power
to fill up with color
all the white space
his dead margles left behind,
to manipulate lives
with existential inquiries
on the nature of time,
the persistence of memory,
the value of a sandwich.
Now consider how I risk cliche
by insisting we're all like him
when in truth we're not:
it's true, we've ids
and broken egos,
it's true we've got his power too,
just that we're real --
the man from mars is not,
and it's our very madness that dictates
magic is for kids
and cartoons don't mean shit.
Magic man got magic,
madness,
sadness
in his hat, got the power
to fill up with color
all the white space
his dead margles left behind,
to manipulate lives
with existential inquiries
on the nature of time,
the persistence of memory,
the value of a sandwich.
Now consider how I risk cliche
by insisting we're all like him
when in truth we're not:
it's true, we've ids
and broken egos,
it's true we've got his power too,
just that we're real --
the man from mars is not,
and it's our very madness that dictates
magic is for kids
and cartoons don't mean shit.