Some Trick: Thirteen Stories

If ever if ever a wiz there was

The Wizard of Oz was one because

Because because because because because

‘I have nothing to give you but that’s all right because

Knowledge of lack is possession

Recognised absence is presence

Perceived emptiness plenitude.

To have not

And know it

Is to have.’

Some trick.

‘True wisdom is knowing you don’t know.’

The Scarecrow hadn’t the brain to see through it.

He bought it.

‘I don’t understand,’ he thought.

‘That’s my wisdom, that is.’

‘What would you do with a heart but try not to hurt?’

The Tin Man hadn’t the heart to disappoint him.

He thanked him.

‘I feel nothing,’ he thought.

‘But I wouldn’t hurt a Behaviourist.’

‘Courage is not being fearless, it’s facing your fear.’

The Lion hadn’t the nerve to say he was scared.

He roared.

‘I’m still terrified,’ he thought.

‘But you’ll laugh if I say it.’

Next time someone tells you desire

Is a trick of grammar

Tell him

If what I have is what I said I wanted

It’s not what I wanted

I know what I want

But I don’t know its name.

Could you say that to a puzzled, hurt, frightened old wizard?

Of course not.

You’d say

‘Thanks very much then.’

Some trick.

But Dorothy? I don’t BELIEVE Judy Garland could fake it.

I think she was glad Technicolor was only a dream

Glad to find she had never left home

Glad to wake up in grey black and white.

Because because because because because