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That's the problem with doors. You must always guess at the weight of them.
When they are heavier than your conscious, you have to give more of yourself to get to places you had already hesitated to enter.
He likes light doors.
He likes screen doors with no squeaks. He can slip in and sneak to corners easily.
He buys clothes with hidden pockets and invisible seams. He buys clothes in shades of grandfather's linen.
Always prepared to blend in with tapestry, to sink into tapestry, to be tapestry.
The best part of being a magician is not the gasp that lingers after you disappear.
It's the applause.
It's the anticipation in their faces.
It's the feeling that you were wanted back.
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This is beautiful, Andrea. And I agree with Adam; that is a great line! Almost seems like there's a little magic in it :)
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The best part of being a magician is not the silence you hear after you disappear.It's the applause.It’s the anticipation in their faces.It's the feeling you were wanted back.
This is so true! I'm a musician and this reminds me of when I play a show. Great poem Andrea! -
That's the problem with doors. You must always guess at the weight of them.
The metaphor here is brilliant. Comparing a physical door to a figurative door (closing the door of one chapter, closing the door on a bad experience or opportunity), in both forms of weight (the weight of the burden or mental anguish or the weight of the physical door itself). At least that's how I looked at it. Also, looking at, "you never know the door of opportunity that waits you," "you just have to take a chance," when referencing guessing the weight of the door. -
The best part of being a magician is not the silence you hear after you disappear.It's the applause.It’s the anticipation in their faces.It's the feeling you were wanted back.
I love this part. It's like how anticipation can be a double-edged sword, being a great thing because it can inspire you to do better, but it can also being a bad thing because it can put pressure on you, feeling like you have to measure up to previous greatness (like a music artist with their upcoming album versus their last critically acclaimed album), or the fact that now that's what feeds you, so you over consume yourself with it and lose yourself and become addicted to it or feel lost without it (i.e. fame monster). Love this poem.
Thanks. I find a lot of my poems refer to grandparents - perhaps because I was raised by mine in early childhood.