You Trust the Wizard?

So you trust that the Wizard

Will get you home again?

When you're left behind,

What will you do then?

 

Many see the Wizard

In different manifestations

And fail to recognize

The charlatan's limitations.

 

Is he a giant head,

Full of fury and ire?

Is he a heartless monster

Or a raging fire?

 

Don't you realize

You've made a huge mistake

By putting all your trust in

A flimflam man, a fake?

 

The show fools many

Who don't see past the façade--

Who scorn others who try

To open their eyes to fraud.

 

He doesn't want the people

To see what he really is--

To see how he has managed

To acquire all that's his.

 

He will try to convince you

That what he sells you is fair.

Then one day your find

He's nothing but hot air.

 

Just be grateful when--

And it couldn't happen too soon--

The sly, slippery Wizard

Sails off in his hot air balloon.

 

(8-12-17) By Bob B