The Wizard



Magicians and kings desire power:
To sit on the Emerald Throne, and speak
words which, on speaking, become a truth.
We deal in illusion:
Ruling is the art of making believe.
Screens in the corner,
fields of poppies,
streets paved with gold:
these are the spectacles
that hold back the deserts.
The scarecrow becomes king.

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