Let’s all get up and dance
to a song that was a hit
before your mother was born,
though she was born a long,
long time ago. Your mother should know.
Your mother should know. Uhhh-oh!

This is one of those spells that
work best at crossroads.

It also helps to bring along
your favorite orienteer.

Calm your mind-
Remember all of this is only fabric.

Time and
space are
easier to bend around the New Moon in Cancer,
often close to a Solstice.

If you plan well and pack right,
a good Equinox will do.

Gather your materials:

— a few anointed candles
(rubbing the outsides with cooking spray while
singing with Duran Duran, David Bowie,
or whoever calls to you from a past decade
will do in a pinch),

— a companion who conveys
“Yes! Do that!” when you mention
the tiny tugs that amuse your heart
(this can and should be you),

— a bundle of sage
(best if from a dear friend- but any incense
or even a stick will suffice.
Just get something that once grew.)

This spell really works.
There aren’t any publishable details.
It’s made of wonder, trust,
praise songs, and gravity wells.

Science
backs it up. Science
and holistics and magick
support each other, like clockwork.
Here’s proof:

— All the times
you were mistaken
for someone else
who must move and look like you
in a space you’ve only
occupied for a few years, but you’ve
yet to spot such a twin.

— Deja Vu.

— The Philadelphia Experiment
(never talk about it while
traveling foreign roads unless
you’re willing to get a little lost).

— Places where the crossroads
mirror each other. One gas station
and the same gas station
catty corner
(that’s where time was bent
so well that even commerce
could not unbend it).

When you are finished,
it is normal to feel doubt.

It is then that we recommend
you wait 3 days and ask a neighbor
if they can spare a wormhole.

Their answer will indicate
how effectively your spell took
(success might take multiple rites).

Their answer has nothing to do
with how fortunate you are to have
your neighbors.

Alternatively,
offer The Vivaldi Earworm
to a cat, a fox, a possum,
a rabbit or a raccoon. Wait.
If they even once disappear,
leave their prints, or multiply
anywhere within the span
of what passes as 8 days, you know.

To see where time leads, feed
a historian, a psychic, an economist,
a political theorist, a psychologist, or any scientist.

When you’re ready to make time
stand still, sponsor a painter,
a photographer,
a baker or a cook. Artisans
of cheese and liquors also work.

To steal time, plan ahead.