Abracadabra!

Magic Day

I was never really

into the magic tricks…

 pennies behind your ears

 and all. 

We don’t even

have pennies anymore!

Some are very clever –

not the

“I’m going to saw

this lady in half trick!”

but the ones where

the lady changes outfits

behind a stream

of shimmering paper…

 Now, that is impressive.

But, what of those magic words?

Abracadabra!

It seems that this word

 was in use in the 2^nd century.

That’s a long time!!

I like this interpretation of it:

 I will create as I speak!

That sure sounds like

magic to me!

Open Sesame!

Seems this one was lost

 in translation and should really be:

 Open Sim Sim!

(Not the same ring to it)

It comes from that whole

 Ali Baba story,

with jealous brothers

and lost fortune,

stolen fortune,

found treasure

and words which open the cave.

 The jealous brother

found the cave,

forgot the Open Sim Sim words

 and was killed…

Oh!     

Nevermind…

  kids from all generations

will still be impressed

when their dad opens

the garage with a secret remote

 and says: Open Sesame –

 and the door opens

“all by itself!”

Shazam!

This is a new one

– a comic book one,

introduced in 1940.

I wonder how much power

there can be with this one?

Shazam was a 3000

year old wizard.

Under his teaching

came Captain Marvel.

(I bet those Big Bang Boys

know him… I wonder what

 Sheldon thinks

about Captain Marvel?)

From that –

I think Abracadabra holds

the most magical power

and I will use that one

 from here on in…

(Wish there was some magic

that would whisk away

childhood illness!

– Abracadabra!)

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