Ready For Strange Magic (Rev.)

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Like a buttercup, I sailed the street,
wearing my Bafana T-shirt with élan,
ready to support my team in the
Soccer World Cup - It felt more
like flying as I danced down the
pavement to my favourite
hang-out place

The dimly lit library, I cannot concentrate
need somewhere to park my mind - Beast
of Whixall Moss I found perfect, a boy
professing not to care if he cannot
satisfy mother’s desire for perfection
and Fintan’s Tower, about a boy

Looking for a book he could get lost in –
just like me, escaping from robotic ‘Beam
Me Up, Scotty’ reality, books founded
in fantasy, I am ready
for strange magic
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