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Time is a conjuror

by Gary Thomas

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my first foray into spoken word composition.

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Time has become tangible

An object I can see

It lies in wait while I sleep

It stares back at me in the morning While I brush my teeth

I look up and I see it
Stretching endlessly across the brilliant blue sky of my life
Like the contrails of distant aircraft

It links moments
That are at once distant images

And then tactile,
Redolent with scent and touch

Time connects the chubby faced boy
Running out to the first snowfall early on a Manitoba Sunday

With the lined face of the old man
Still nursing a pale flickering flame of excitement

for the possibilities freedom can offer

when unshackled from a life that was

but that chewed at my insides every day

Like a prisoner digging his way out of a camp.

Possibilities that fill each day

Dreams that were wisps of hope
Long filed away for a time when they could
Be taken down,
dusted off
and given new life

Time is a conjuror.

It creates the illusion of the infinite

Its sleight of hand obscuring its real purpose

Until the point it snatches the string away.

But

Is the knowledge of the journey’s end

A reason not to start?

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released February 21, 2023

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Gary Thomas London, Ontario

I bought a bass, played music, then literally went around the world doing everything else. I came back to music and am finding my way. I put one sound up against the other and piece togeher music that triggers reactions. I draw on everything that got me here, and follow the path sounds lead. Is there a "there' there? I guess I'll find out. ... more

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