Source of Light

So this is how it works.
Flip a switch,
turn a crank,
or just put up a rod
and wait for lightning.
See the pretty city lights
all lit up for your convenience.
What makes them glow?
Might as well be magic,
for all I know or care.

If only it was magic,
if only it wasn't
some boring trick of wire and current
that anyone could learn
if they tried.
How I wish it was
the wave of a wand,
a flash of fairy dust,
or a potion bubbling over
that lit the space between us...

(Photo credit: "194/365: City Lights" from Andres Nieto Porras on Flickr)

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