Show Me Magic

He asked for a pen and tape and a piece of tin foil.

He taped the pen to the side of a table so its tip pointed toward the ceiling. He ripped the foil into a two by two inch square, and he balanced it on the tip of the pen.

We sat across each other, on opposite sides of the table, in the firelight, and I watched him focus his eyes on the foil. I watched him place his hand near the foil without touching it. I watched his eyes squint, and after about thirty seconds, I watched the foil start to spin.