Short Sleight Of Hand Poems

The magician pulls 
a beautiful white rabbit 
out of a black hat....

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the sleight of hand trick
that made your heart disappear
leaving emptiness...

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capitalists capitalize
         a sleight of hand
     takes eyes on a prize


***...

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Apparently opened book
     Machiavellian sleight of hand
      political campaign dispute...

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The magic in a smile

Is not sleight of hand, 

It is not even a secret

Try, don't say you can't...

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magic:
sleight-of-hand art
paints amusement, and it's
conceived to undo what's perceived.
mind tricks....

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your heart hidden and shuffled
as the shells are switched
expert sleight of hand
moving you away from me...

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headlands
strong winds and rains as we watch
the waves sleight of hand
capturing then releasing
the breath of the tides...

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circus magician
dazzles with his sleight of hand ~
audience in awe


Date written: 02/15/2021...

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to cage a bird to understand 
only illustrates your sleight of hand
watch them gently in the wild
then you'll understand my child...

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A zephyr blows
a warm kiss
on the back 
of my neck
conjuring desire;
serving Eros—
with sleight of hand:
a gift of flowers—
psyche succumbs....

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while 
letting the 
great magician
pull a white 
fluffy rabbit
from out of 
a black stove top hat
with
a sleight of hand
only through
the dark arts of 
blue smoke and mirrors...

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Gather your false prophets
and sycophants
 Bury your heads
in the deepest sand

Tell the same lies
 as you sing to the choir
 Slave to the mirror
—and sleight of hand

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)...

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I lay them on the table
all my cards face up
there's nothing up my sleeve
or sleight of hand card tricks
all my truth and fiction
is laid out for you to see
ante up or call my bluff
you can only win...

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Tell me, do you feel anything ?

I believe you do.
But you possess the sleight of hand
to put up a wall.

And I, feel like a fool
without any professional magic
to protect me,

and I always helplessly fall.

(11.03.2025)...

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80/20
20/80
2+2 is 4

You’re part way in
you’re part way out
half full till something more

The middle of the center
the jesters
hidden lore

Dimension plays
one last charade
—to even up the score

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)...

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I drew the cards
a game of chance
I should have known
the deck was stacked

your poker face strong
as you called my bluff
was it sleight of hand
or luck of the draw

either way, it 
was always your call
and I leave the table
with nothing at all...

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I marvel at how politicians
act like sleight-of-hand magicians;
every boastful promise they make
turns out less than true, a fake.
Sleight-of-hand is part and parcel
of magic, and will have you awed.
And in the hands of politicians
few voters ever see the fraud.
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They say it's just a sleight of hand 
Or just a flick of magic wand 
But true magic has more to show 
Than the mere touch of mystic blow 

Like the shine of her mystic smile 
Like fair charm that could go for mile 
Like when she speaks, my every vein 
Tickles all the lobes of my brain...

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It is said that our ballots are secret
And that is the way we should keep it
A trip to the polls
No chads, marks, or folds
Just some deft sleight of hand to delete it

They vote early and often
Some vote from the coffin
A nod and a wink
Was it blue or soft pink
There’s a bucket right here to put that in


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I catch junk with a stick
Whip it like batter
Make it thick

Set it firm in an oven brick
A sleight-of-hand trick
Flipping a well-rehearsed schtick
Pulling it out of the fire quick

Cool…then plate with a crispy breadstick
Sink your teeth in…taste the kick
A feast of rhyme…a bold remix
Juicy lyrics on a drumstick
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That look in a child's eyes is fright,
for ignoring global warming.
They believe scientists were right;
their dire predictions are forming.
Climate change can
devastate Man.

Its effects are kept out of sight
by trickery and sleight of hand.
Old dogs of war, once trained to bite,
don't even try to understand.
Oceans will rise
despite their lies....

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Captured memories.
One glance will take you back.

It feels like time hasn’t passed;
everything feels the same—yet nothing remains.

Your mind, playing tricks…
a fleeting sleight of hand,
leaving tears spooling from your eyes.

You don’t know what you have until it’s gone—
a simple cliché, but it’s true.

When all that’s left are photographs…
one day, you’ll feel it too....

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Blast, the Word will never last
A moment all before the General passed
But one command remains, down a path 
Without a hope of resolution
On the ground, they know the truth
Sleight of hand, a wicked fragment
Flies around his mournful cries
All dismayed no Mother will arrive
Stiff and still, you call it progress
Unlearned repeats this tragedy
Truly, nothing left to gain...

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my heart bleeds before you
you do not see or choose to overlook
oblivious to my wounds

how can you be so blind?
how can you be so detached?
how could I have been such a fool?

smoke and mirrors
sleight of hand, a magician
twisting my fate

I stumble out of the darkness of this relationship
and into the blinding light of day
the fog clearing from my mind, perspicacious once again...

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