It's All Their Fault Poem by Simon Gowen

I lost a friend of mine today
They put him in a box
I spun it round 3 times onstage
Now all we’ve found is socks!

I know I read the manual
I tried it on my Nan
So I called my best friend Dave on stage
He’d help me if he can

I’ve been watching Pen and Teller
I find them fascinating
But I haven’t got a friend like “Penn”
So Instead I put my mate in

I doubt that all the others
Would lose their own assistant
I’ll spin the box another time
I have to be persistent

I should have gone for David Blaine
He does his tricks alone
But I’m new to all this magic stuff
I never could have known

I’m glad I lost him when I did
Its only fair to say
My next thing was the “Sawing trick”
I learnt it yesterday.

So he really got off lightly
I better tell his dad
I’m sorry that I lost your son
The trick went wrong.......”My bad”