By Anton Martin Smith antonmartinsmithwrites@gmail.com or martinantonsmith@martinantonsmith

The Jester then spoke softly….
& the crowd did quieten.

“Planned aloofness” is a maturity test:
If you do it – you don’t have it

AND Furthermore

That which is not…
Cannot ever be…..

Until:
IT BECOMES
Something else

It is not a decision….
It is a kind of alchemy.

And the crowd did murmur…
And then the crow cried out….

For both the crow and the crowd knew
Alchemy’s sometimes bedfellow:

Transmogrification