what is true what is a lie what is a wish what is taken to heart as true

this is the world of a thousand and one nights – bedtime stories 

to help us to sleep – and keep the fear of death at bay.  the way we consent

to put off the beheading

for one more night of excitement,

one night of existence.

tomorrow he will

pouf

disappear – a magician –

into a thin cloud of air.