Magic In Places Bewitched

Alice walked into Cambridge following the
White Rabbit and so overjoyed was she to
see its academic glory in soft golden sun-
shine, she levitated immediately

The Rector saw her hovering with shining
eyes a few feet above the floor, in great
alarm sallied forth to bring her down,
not allowing such sacrilege

The law of gravity was strictly obeyed where
he had any say, but Alice’s delight on meeting
him, discerning the beauty of his soul, was so
great, her electricity lifted him also

Seriously concerned he begged her to let him
down, explaining Cambridge was respectable
all Mary Poppins gimmicks were frowned
upon, then a professor entered

A faithful intellectual who would sell his soul to
seem the most learned man around, seeing his
rector standing in the air, he knew he had to do
so too and up he went

Alice enjoyed the scene of magic so much, she
experienced epiphany, in came Terry Pratchett
for an appointment with the venerable hovering
rector, concluding that Cambridge

Had been influenced by Unseen University he
joined the three figures in the air and felt very
happy to be there, JK Rowling appeared for a
meeting, seeing Pratchett up there

She thought Harry Potter’s magic had seeped
into the place of learning and rushed to attend
the floating group, vaguely wondering where
her broomstick could be

As she would like to explore the university from
the air, wishing to see whether they had a depart-
ment for necromancy, then the rector addressed
them importantly: This is Cambridge

Things like levitation often take place but it is a
secret never to divulge, think of it as a mass
hallucination, never tell the media, you would
be locked up

We shall all deny this happened if interrogated,
Pratchett bowed and spoke up: Levitating here
is a logical consequence of stories by Lewis
Carrol et al

We need not worry that we would ever be believed
just write another book of fantasy, secrets are safe
because people only believe what they experience
for twenty years at least

Even then they are not sure unless authority give
them leave to believe, tomorrow we shall forget
that this ever happened, Alice laughed happily,
glad she knew the secret

How magic stays enclosed in places bewitched
like Cambridge university...