Escaping The Object Of Art
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A specular Feat by Geoffrey Garrison Amateur Prestidigitator and DeMystifier |
The Ballad of Harry Houdini
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I shake off the cobwebs of time
Discard my tombstone and manifest in ectoplasmic slime.
In life I had two names
The first I renounced for show biz, not for shame.
The second, an alliteration,
Adapted for the purpose of prestidigitation.
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No one alive could escape shackles, chains or hand cuff
Like I did performing in the buff.
It is true it was magic,
But some thought it mystic.
There were even those who cried ‘masochistic!’
I tell you honestly, no spirits were needed,
And the laws of nature were strictly heeded
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For show biz it was,
And show biz this is.
No spirits tonight will emerge from the ether,
And no devils, succubi, cherubim neither.
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