THE MAGICIAN

This Night I Am Sitting On A Wind Ravaged Beach,

Where The Sandmen I've Drawn Have A Lesson To Teach,

Where The Maddening Images That Threaten My Sanity,

Coalesce In A Vision That Affirms My Humanity...

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He Stood At The Bar In A Mirror Reflected,

A Man Who Was More Than I Ever Suspected,

A Man Of My Years With A Gentleman's Style,

A Sadness That Shone In A Mortuary Smile.

A Stranger I've Seen A Mere Handful Of Times,

Who Hides Behind Riddles & Phrases & Rhymes,

Whose Broken Child's Eyes Sparkle With Wonder,

Is The Quiet Of Lightning And The Violence Of Thunder.

Wounded And Restless With Magic To Spare,

Soul Of Cold Fire Cast Shadowed Despair,

Alone He's Endured Through The Wreckage Of Years,

Without Falling In Love Or The Shedding Of Tears.

Medicine Man Thrives Where Mad Men Forget,

But This Seems To Be No More Than A Cherished Regret,

For Mad Men Who Remember Although They Are Few,

I Know That They Suffer...I'm One Of Them Too...

And The Moment Our Eyes Met...The Instant We Kissed,

Is A Moment In Time I Would Never Have Missed,

The Way That We Hardened In That Gentle War,

Never Had That Again...Never Had That Before...

The Way He Gripped My Hand In The Strength Of His Own,

The Inverted Darkness That Within His Eyes Shone,

The Lust And The Hurt And The Years We'd Both Bared,

These Truths Were Made Known In That Moment We Shared.

The Kiss That Was Given Was No Act Of Charity,

It Was A Risk That Paid Off In That Moment Of Clarity,

But Once Our Lips Parted And Our Kiss Was Ended,

Confusion Set In And Chaos Descended.

The Moment That Followed Of Vulnerable Fear,

Infected Each Moment That Has Led Me To Here,

Confusing The Truth With Sarcastic Depredation,

Resulting In Unfortunate Retrogressive Divination.

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But My Vision Is Now Fading In The Light Of The Day,

The Light Of Understanding Drives Madness Away,

And Though The Sandmen May Drown In This Chaotic Sea,

This Mad Man Will Surrender,

And Always Remember,

My Incestuous Brother:

The Magician Who Kissed Me.

© DECEMBER 6, 1998 By Jason Wright

-For Josh-

Who's Cryptic Words Titillate, Terrify, Hurt, & Excite Me.