Legerdemain
And now ladies and
gentlemen for your
amusement and dining pleasure
I will attempt to make
myself
reappear on this very
stage with help
from my lovely assistant,
her winning smile and
plunging décolletage
distracting you just long
enough
to allow me to fold myself
into
a waiting hack and lie
across the back
seat in the small pool of
light cast
by the stage door flood, illuminating
the face of the driver,
eyes widening
ever so slightly, his nearly
imperceptible nod a cue as
if to say
“I know the way”; the
entire exchange
conducted in near silence
with one
or two quick hand gestures
created
whole cloth, tires humming
an old lullaby
while I work out a plan, wont
to tamp down
a sudden yen for a short glass
of kefir
while the applause swells
and fades to a
smattering of the faithful
and you make
for the doors in pairs, the
houselights up,
remarking perhaps on the
cool night air,
suspended disbelief dissolving
like smoke.
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