SORCERER'S APPRENTICE

 

for Irving Layton

and all those who aspire to be like him

 

 

they talk in circles

and speak of old days

when a young man became

the sorcerer's apprentice

his magic spells powerfully seductive

even to those not easily swayed

 

and the whole world set to casting

some aspiring to fill his shoes

and though rocks sometimes moved

only he awoke volcanoes

 

now the spells are worn

apprentice old

they talk in circles

and speak of new days

the coming of another apprentice?

some believing it cannot be true

happy with their own small magic

happy to make the boulders move

unaware in the earth around them

molten lava gurgles and pools

 

© 1993  Chris Sorrenti

 

 

 

 

 

 

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