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08-20-2022, 09:32 PM
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Unlocking the mystery
behind the loaded gun, cocked
and aimed, comes from misery
and a magic prop, unlocked.
A wizard's cutthroat nature:
unlocking the mystery
for entertainment's stature.
Spies who lie for wizardry,
destined to make history,
(outfly a bullet), lessons
unlocking the mystery
of impacts no less destined.
Mysterious and for shocks ~
delivering injury ~
switching the trick pistol box ~
Unlocking the mystery ~
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(08-20-2022, 09:32 PM)CRNDLSM Wrote: Unlocking the mystery
behind the loaded gun, cocked
and aimed, comes from misery
and a magic prop, unlocked.
A wizard's cutthroat nature:
unlocking the mystery
for entertainment's stature.
Spies who lie for wizardry,
destined to make history,
(outfly a bullet), lessons
unlocking the mystery
of impacts no less destined.
Mysterious and for shocks ~
delivering injury ~
switching the trick pistol box ~
Unlocking the mystery ~
Have the feeling this refers to something in particular - a cursory search turns up Minecraft and miniature safes to be placed near one's bed (for example) for instant access to a handgun (which I've considered and, so far, never purchased). And then there was the Lone Ranger episode where a villain had rigged up his buggy so socketing the whip would fire a concealed revolver and dispatch a road-agent... But to work.
In basic critique, the form is noted and seems to be suitably followed. There is, indeed, a mystery and "switching the trick pistol box" certainly suggests a dramatic and unexpected twist. Is there a reference to stage magicians' Cursed Trick of bullet catching which is so dangerous - and fails fatally so often - because the gunpowder-actuated thunderbolt is *real* magic versus the stage variety?
"[O]utfly a bullet" suggests Superman, though all the other indications point to at least a wound. "Spies" suggests the [in]famous assassination kit consisting of a small submachine gun in a briefcase, opening fire with a clandestine trigger. Those have been around for a while.
So, really, my only critique is to say that in addition to being well assembled, the poem is certainly mysterious. Good job?
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I'm picturing competitive magicians like in 'the prestige', and one magician sabotaging another by switching the trick gun with a real one. I don't do enough research sometimes before making up my own problems here. Maybe I don't need to change anything
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