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Jane Siberry( Jane Stewart )
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Act 1: Call Magic
ACT 1
Oh my gosh, I almost didn't make it! But I did.
And I have so many messages for you from the
villages that I have passed through.
This is part three of a three part story.
A little bit strange
A little bit funny
And a little bit gory.
Here we go.
And as I came around the corner of the building,
I saw embedded in the wall a shell, I saw a most
beautiful pearl and I saw the footprints of a dog
and I saw a word M-A-G-l-C. And I looked over to
you in your garden and you leaned forward to me
and you said 'How beautiful!'. Thank you! 'No,
how beautiful are the columns of the temple that
have found their way here, right now.'
We can climb the highest mountain
We can ford the raging river
Even as we make the waitress cry
Even as we curse the next guy
Even as we brace for attack from our fellow man
And we can hear a child crying
on the other side of the world
Even as we can't hear our own friends but …
And I came around the corner of the building
and I saw embedded in the wall a shell, a pearl,
a seven-league boot, the footprints of a dog and
I saw people streaming past you ¡n the garden.
Where were they going? Hey!
CALL MAGIC!
A man approached me on the street and he said
'You're so attractive'. I know. 'Your legs are like
columns in a temple, I just want to caress them and
I...' And I said aren't you my girlfriend's boyfriend?
Oh, I'd never do anything. I just thought you valued
honesty.' I do. 'I just thought you valued openness.'
I DO.
Call Magic! Wha?
Just then a woman came walking towards me
wearing what looked like a superhero's cape but
not quite. Very plain and unassuming. And as
she passed, she looked at me and her eyes were
bright blue and piercing and brimming with
intelligence and humour. I felt like I'd been zapped.
You never know who you're talking to
You never know who you're walking to
You never know who you're sitting beside
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You never know who you're taking for a ride
What? I take people for a ride?
LET GO!
But he just wouldn't let go of it. He said he'd never
do anything but he wouldn't stop saying what he
wouldn't do. I couldn't stop him.
Call Magic! Not now. Call Magic! I'm too busy.
And I came around the corner of the building,
I saw embedded in the wall
a shell, a pearl, I did NOT see the footprints
of the dog though. Hey!
And then I passed three men at the side Z.
of the road smoking.
And then I passed a couple talking.
Marry me. I can't marry you.
Marry me. I won't marry you.
You make me feel almost sleazy!
It's not that you judge
I don't feel like you do
It's just how wobbly my spine feels
when I stand next to you
I pick up the phone. I don't call you.
I pick up the phone. I don't call you.
Marry me. I won't marry you
Mmuh schmuh! Why doesn't he just marry her?
Let Go! But I didn't understand, you see. She was
just asking about integrity. And my judgment of
this couple started to make me feel soooo sleepy. As
if I'd been running through a field of self-vampirizing
poppies (the poppies being me).
CALL MAGIC! No.
CALL MAGIC! Muh...
CALL MAGIC! Magic...
CALL MAGIC! OK. MAGIC!!!
Like That?
And to my great surprise a big black dog came
bounding towards me. Wha? Is this Magic?
You want me to take Magic for a walk? So Magic
and I started walking towards the next village.
We passed three men — Shadrach, Meshach and
Abednego. We passed three children — they
were humming at the side of a field and the field
was beginning to change, to come back to life.
And I felt like I'd had bandaids ripped from my
eyes and I was so ... GRATEFUL?
Not exactly. NOT EXACTLY! NOT EXACTLY!
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