MAGIC

magic is risk

a fire set alight

magic sleeps in the
same clothes every night

it’s revenge when you’re old

and pretend it’s the light

magic  is going to hell

in a hand basket

magic is what came
before you asked it

a bottle uncorked
a liquid that’s blasted
the front door
the window
a passage untraced
black cats rumble
the witch in the kitchen
magic is risk
and fire and then some
magic sleeps in the
same clothes every night

love her or leave her
she knows what is right
ready for death or the dubious life
magic is risk
like the day betting night
dawn is the bullet
makes it all right

dawn is the handshake
the dubious clause

a contract you meant
a contract you avoid
magic is clueless and handsome
a noise
magic is sound
the kind you rejoice
and when threatened by death

in a memory verse

magic lives on

for better or worse