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The Magician and His Company

There once lived a magician Who never was on time He stayed within a hollow clock And sometimes spoke in mime In moments of pure sunshine His eyes were deepest blue In moonlight they were somewhat vague Often changing hue He wore a robe of strange design It had a regal sheen Except on Autumn afternoons When it was barely seen His boots were Spanish leather Rarely he wore gloves He kept his pockets filled with seeds For feeding vagrant doves His house was filled with wondrous folk The wierdest sort of group Each had particular powers All loved potato soup His dog was red most brilliantly With fiery yellow eyes He'd disappear inside a wink And leave you only sighs His owl, a bird of plumage rare Was talented and true But would not respond to questions That began with "why" or "who" Beneath his kitchen table Lived a family of Trolls They had a very special gift  For saving unfilled holes A bat flew 'round the rafters Surprising those he knew With messages that made no sense Delivered postage due Closets filled with china Housed several naughty elves Who wrote the finest poetry And kept it to themselves In every nook and cranny Slept the most unseemly souls With the strangest sense of humor And the shortest vaulting poles Their stories came from here and there They told them now and then For paper they used paradox A lightning bolt's their pen They'll dance to the magician's tune In clothes of finest felt But he first must feed them cloverleafs Or else his boots will melt

Copyright © May 2000 Gene Dixon


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