this beats alchemy
before your very eyes
I will create a new being
harmoniously using
the power of the mind
the magic of words
plus a natural object known for its inner cleansing properties
in the language of our ancestors
a fig is a thing of little or no consequence
in the realm of the psyche
a figment is a fabrication or invention
in the illustrious history of supernatural phenomena
mentalism is a kind of conjuring act
I give you now
the figmentalist
a believer in figments.
© Paul Taylor 2002