We live in a world where people say "nothing surprises me anymore", but it does.
Many of us spend our lives trying to be in control, when we live in a world determined to show us otherwise.
Sometimes we surprise ouselves when we strip away the covers and look at who we really are.
I wrote Surprises (In the Cat's Eye, 2009) as a commentary on just how little control we really have.
Any good magician can quickly show how little we can trust our own observations to prepare us for what is really happening.
A voracious reader will be constantly surprised by the world that is revealed between the pages of books.
But for all of us, the biggest surprise is always saved for the end.
Enjoy the journey.
Glenn K. Currie
Surprises
The surprise is in
the magician
Who makes the
elephant disappear.
The audience lined up
Like candles in a
cake,
And blown away in a
breath.
The surprise is in
the boxes
Opened by performers
in a play.
Colorful wrappings of
paper egos
Stripped away in
joyous haste,
Revealing naked
children dancing.
The surprise is in
the alphabet soup
Served in the
sideshows of life.
Words eaten by hungry
students
Hiding from the
bullies
Who rule the world’s
playgrounds.
The surprise is in
the audience
When they learn they
are the show.
When the dancing
stops,
The magicians run out
of tricks,
And the Earth stops
turning.
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