The Metaphysics of Magic

Magic is what you get
when there's no other explanation.

Okay, wait:

Magic's what you get
when you don't want another
explanation.

Magic's the alternative,
magic is what you get
when you discover it
in your dreams.

Magic is a way
of seeing the world
that involves fantasy
and wishful thinking

and maybe broomsticks
and hot chicks
(on TV, at least).

Magic is a dirty word,
like comedy.
It can be black,
that magic
is completely different
from the normal kind.

Magic is the future,
is the past,
and is someone's
version of the present.

Magic is something you hide,
or you're burned at the stake,
sometimes just for fun,
if you feel like it.

Magic is belief
inverted,
a way of taking
religion and science
and mixing them together.

Magic is a warm gun.

Magic is a war
even the wise
don't understand.

Just say a wizard did it.