DISNEY LIED

 

Reality check:

no kiss awakes the dead, ever

there is no talking cricket

no flying elephant

no metamorphing pumpkin

no Beast made princely

no wicked witch thwarted

no dragon slain.

 

Wish upon a star? see where that gets you

Santa Claus? ask that ghetto kid

Easter Bunny? a predator

Tooth Fairy? a night prowler

Tinkerbell? a glint of illusion.

 

Yes:

The magic wand is a powerless piece of stick

magic ring a bit of metal

magic cape a length of fabric

magic elixir a fool’s quaff

magic spell a silly saying.

 

El Dorado is a leaden slag-heap

Fountain of Youth a stinking sewer

Bluebird of Happiness a carrion crow.

 

There is no Arizona

no gold at the end of the rainbow

no Shangri-la

no Paradise.

 

We live in vain, die in despair.

 

            And yet we hope --

            always, we hope.

 

                                                             © John Ambury, 2011. All rights reserved.