Comedy And Tragedy

Plus a little magic



Comedians are funny

Leaders lead

Comedians do not lead

Leaders are not funny

It confuses things

Comedians have

No one to lead

They are individuals

Leading themselves

Making people laugh

By telling the truth

Or embellishing

Exaggeration to make fun




Unfortunately leaders

Manipulate truths

To lead people

Incapable of

Leading themselves





In the end, nothing

Really ever changes

The question then is

Would you rather laugh

By hearing some truths

Or be lied to assuming it

Does someone else good



“Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.”

― Henri Bergson



The same goes for magicians

They do not describe how

They will perform the illusion

(Except for Penn & Teller

But, that’s another story)

They do it, and you are in awe

Trying to figure it out now & later



Yet, if they say they are going to

Pull a rabbit out of an “empty” hat

You focus on the hat and how….

Not to be distracted by sleight of mind




Of course, when no effort is made

To actually produce a rabbit

You realize slowly that there was never

Going to be any rabbit anywhere

That it was intended to string

You along from distraction

To distraction while no magic

Ever gets done, just a series

Of hyperbole for its own sake

Plus the ego of the petulant magician




With just enough audience members

Left to keep others from leaving by

Cajoling them into staying because

This time, he will do it….just watch

Not realizing, the suspense is killing them

If only the entire audience would just

Wake up, pack up, and leave the performer

He would have no one to perform for



Trouble is, we are a

Hopeful gambling species

A collective Charlie Brown

Trusting that this time

Lucy will hold the ball

So we can kick it forever far

Meanwhile, each time

No matter how many times

We trust and trust and trust

We land flat on our back

Winded, bruised, ashamed

But willing to trust again




Shame on us

So busy laughing and crying

At the comedy and tragedy

We fail to recognize

Our own ability to perform

Our own magic

Of being kind,

Helpful and compassionate

To our fellow space travelers

In other words……

Since we are all one……

To our selves



The entertainment for the next 4 years is not new. You’ve seen this entertainment through and through. Nothing will change or get done, but hopefully, at the end, you will be laughing and not crying boo-hoo.


My apologies to Jim Morrison