The former alchemist
This disappearing rabbit trick is quick
to dull on impact, thought the alchemist
who’d lost his knack, so hoped to puzzle thick
kids with some sleight of hand and snap of wrist.
His show, though slick, was underwhelmingly
received by all but the most gullible;
some disappointed parents warned him he
should sharpen up to keep his coffers full.
I once turned copper into gold, yet now
can barely hold a thrill for killjoy lads
who tell me they’ve already looked up how
to catch a bullet on their dad’s ipads,
he sighed, and tried to find the Midas lost,
he tried in vain at that poor rabbit’s cost.
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