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Sunday 2 February 2014

Alchemy



Pic by Tharindu Amunugama



And those alchemists
the honest ones
for whom metal was metal
and not plastic and bonds,
yes those ancient ones
and the new
the turn-to-gold
of labor
and by way of usurpation
legal and otherwise,
did they not have eyes
or mind
or heart
to see universe in sand-grain
the elemental transformation
the exercise of suzerainty by gold
and end of day
and the happy relinquishing to silver
come dawn?

[Inspired by the photography of Tharindu Amunugama]

2 comments :

  1. "yes those ancient once" - typo :)

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    1. It is "ancient ones" not once as you say. Malinda is correct.

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