Can we pull a rabbit out of the hat?
Where is Tink when we need her magic?
Forever young, forever healthy fairy dust.
Sadly, we see the tied-together scarves
stuffed up the pretender’s sleeve.
Musical chairs it’s not.
The chairs are disappearing too fast.
Written for Quadrille Monday at dverse, the virtual pub for poets where today the prompt word is “magic.” Quadrille: a poem of exactly 44 words, sans title.
lillian the home poet 
Let’s hear it for Tinker Bell Some would-be wizards are clumsy, and show us effort vs. smooth technique. Too many charlatans out here already.
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Yes, many pretenders backstage pulling the strings.
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Yeah, where are they when we really need them😊? Love it.
Pat
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We definitely need some magic.
Good one.
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Magic tricks aren’t real magic.
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You evoked wonderful childhood memories with your quadrille, Lill! I used to love everything magic as a child. I found out how the tricks are done, as in the lines:
‘Sadly, we see the tied-together scarves
stuffed up the pretender’s sleeve.’
But I still believe in Tinkerbell.
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We need real leaders and magicians, not pretenders. Keep safe Lillian.
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Oh! yes life is fats and world is drowning in technology, we need a magic to bring back those musical chairs for real!
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Lillian, love this! We need a strong leader now more than ever, not a smoke and mirrors one.
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We need true masters of magic now, not clumsy oafs.
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There is definitely a call out for magiciansteak of every kind…(k)
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Magicians. My tablet loves to invent its own words.
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There comes a day when the charlatan is exposed… where is the real magic?
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He carries a bag of black tricks but, I hope a real magician comes to lead us into the light…
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