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magic snap the baby makes a sound repeats a noise that sounds like something something happens the people that look after it are pleased think it sounds like something they recognise they make an offering food toy drink same sound same offering that's how we learn about magic the power in words how it works ask God pray occasionally things happen may happen anyway but hey sometimes the answer is no and the more we learn the more words grow acquire references connotations they didn't start out with so lets go with the magic it used to work words are the thing they get you anything you talk of love of hate of peace they are so abstract they are practically meaningless you have to wrap your spell in words that point in the right direction eventually it comes right maybe if it don't you didn't asked correctly if it does that's magic Jim http://www.poetrykit.org/jim/index.htm www.poetrykit.org ___________________________________________________ Jim Bennett's poetry collection "The Man Who Tried to Hug Clouds" pub 2004 by Bluechrome (reprinted 2006) read about it or order from; http://www.bluechrome.co.uk/ ____________________________________________________ PK On-line Poetry Workshop http://pk-poetry-list.port5.com/ JIM BENNETT - Publisher's site http://www.poetrykit.org/jim/index.htm An interview at; http://www.poetrykit.org/iv00/bennett.htm ______________________________________________________