{"id":46949,"date":"2019-06-22T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T14:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=46949"},"modified":"2019-06-22T10:43:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T14:43:47","slug":"queue-don-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/queue-don-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Queue Don Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prompt 2, Hour 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Write a poem about magic. Magic as something real, magic as something imagined, magic in a fictional setting, magic in an urban situation, it can be about how children perceive the world as magic, or possibly magic, anything really. The word magic need not be mentioned, but it can be.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t believe in magic and what some call fate<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe in knocking on wood<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor crossing myself three times<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe that seeing a black cat brings me bad luck<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor does spilling the salt<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t believe in wishing on a star<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe in curses, spells, or voodoo dolls<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor karma righting all wrongs<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe Friday the Thirteenth is worse than any other day<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor is Halloween a night for the dead to celebrate<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t believe staying healthy will add years to my life<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe eating an apple each day keeps the doctor away<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor do I believe there isn\u2019t a cure already for cancer<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe an annual mammogram is necessary<\/span><\/p>\n

Nor do I need a yearly colonoscopy<\/span><\/p>\n

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I believe you can love more than one at a time, although not very well<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe in love that never dies, that distance doesn\u2019t separate<\/span><\/p>\n

And I believe there are those who fall in love at first sight<\/span><\/p>\n

I do believe in making every moment count<\/span><\/p>\n

And I believe that love truly does conquer all<\/span><\/p>\n

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