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If you have ever watched a magician on TV or been to a magic show, chances are that you have seen some amazing magic tricks. You might have seen the Statue of Liberty apparently made to disappear, a magician take to the air seemingly able to fly, or that old favorite, the magician’s assistant apparently being sawn in half. We all know that these feats are just illusions, tricks, since New York landmarks don’t really disappear, people don’t really fly, and a person sawn into two halves can’t be joined back together again - but that does not lessen our enjoyment one iota. If anything, knowing something is a trick actually adds to our enjoyment - because we find ourselves asking how was such a convincing illusion achieved.

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I must fly! I said.
I want to!
I want to put my fingers around Saturn.
I want to spin and hear a whiz
around my ears and head
I want to charm it like a serpent.

Teach me how I said.
Let me know the wind and all its power.
I want to know it like my dreams describe.

You leaned forward
and kissed my eyes
put your hands behind my ears
bringing me the sound of rainbows.

Give me flowers I said.
There are a million colors to be had.
You pointed toward a unicorn
ready for my adventure
and gave me a map that led to fields of them.

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