Poetry list
cracked alembic
you want to
I want to
many of us
want to
distil mystery
into evidence
and ethics
no alchemy
can do this
but age after
age reverts
to dogma blind
and cruel
or bucks the
truth and
subverts it
seduces it into
a travesty and
weapon a
drug and a
bolted chimera
this currency
enslaves and
diminishes the
ravishing mystery
of being in this
world and what
next
© Neil Thompson 2025