Pottery

The crocwyrhta spins
Clay from the paupers’
Burial ground, origin

Of kilns, deals with the devil,
Thermonuclear
Furnaces, and deities.

With the throwing and baking
Of soil, metaphors flourished,
The beginnings of writing,
Of metallurgy.

It’s all in that pot:
Alchemy, Armageddon,
The magical births of souls.