The Power is Yours

The Magic Wand
 
Quick-change artist extraordinaire,
 
I whip out my folded cane and change from black man to blind man with a flick of the wrist.
 
It is a profound metamorphosis
 
From God gifted wizard of roundball dominating backboards across America,
 
To God-gifted idiot savant pounding out chart-busters on a cock-eyed whim;
 
From sociopathic gangbanger with death for eyes
 
To all seeing soul with saintly spirit;
 
From rape deranged misogynist to poor motherless child;
 
From welfare-rich pimp to disability-rich gimp;
 
And from “white man’s burden” to every man’s burden.
 
It is always a profound metamorphosis.
 
Whether from cursed by man to cursed by God or from scripture condemned to God ordained, my final form is never of my choosing.
 
I only wield the wand; you are the magician.
 
—Lynn Manning