Magic
elixir, quick fixer,
there
is no cure.
It
is fatal, even tragic,
there
is no real magic
in
metallurgy,
by
standard,
gold
gets warm to the touch, silver reflects
soft
and such-
Just
ignore
those
that keep score with trinkets
As
alchemists insist upon
what
is made is nevermore
than
before
enduring
and manipulating
the
use
while
passing through,
by
hand.
The
philosophers’ stone
Mostly
taken for granite.
Painting by Luis Ricardo Falero, Study of a Witch (19th century), [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
