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
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