Childhood Magic

Riding in the car with my uncle Juel

He really was a Jewel

Waving his hand over the steering wheel

a blue light would appear for real!

Duck when going under a bridge, he said

or we were going to bump our head!

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The GaGa man was coming for us

when out after dark, and Gus

made that clear without much fuss,

he said Gaga would turn us to dust.

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Wish upon a falling star at night

that wish would come true, that's right!

If you don't blow out all your candles, the lit

ones are the number of boyfriends you get.

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Santa Claus comes down the chimney top

to bring gifts to everyone, including pop.

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Leave your tooth under your pillow honey,

and the tooth fairy will leave you money!

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The Easter bunny hides eggs, money, and candy

while we sleep. Isn't he just a dandy?

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Nanaboozhoo our Ojibwe trickster does magic too.

Those stories are told only with snow on the ground for you.

Iktomi is the Dakota trickster, known to many as a spider

I only know a couple of Dakota stories I can tell when drinking cider.

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Fairy tales, tales of the little people, and many other stories of magic

I was privileged to enjoy them as a young one.

Most were not of the scary type but some were tragic.

Thank you for reading and now I am done!