Will Fraser : ‘Abracadabra’ and ‘Off the Page’

Abracadabra

Like
a marzipan mountain
she
as he supposed
never really existed
rather
a mirage
conjured up by
a faltering magician
in search of a muse and
misreading the signs
in the hope of
turning another trick
of the heart.

Will Fraser

Off the Page

He
solitary
lorn and
reflecting at length about
her
a rare find
a first edition
whose witty dialogue and
compelling narrative had
drawn him in
chapter and verse but
between the lines
a hidden warning
he failed to read
leading to
a devastating denouement where
she
grown bored and truculent had
without warning
abruptly shelved him
in favour of
a return to
the library of life.

Will Fraser