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Compatibility
Some people say that kilns
are made of brick
and electricity
but they're wrong.
Some people say
that kilns
are made for firing glass,
but that's only
wishful thinking.
Those who know
know that kilns
are really homes
for gods
heartless gods
who lurk
behind the elements
waiting to be worshipped
a body
of glass, an opalescent heart
transparent flesh.
There are those who come
to the kiln in search
of the place that the gods
call home.
There are those who yearn
to take cold glass
and make it flow
flow not like a river
not like a cloud
not even like
a god in the elements
touching
the heart of the kiln
like the faint
melting of a god
becoming glass
fusing
two hearts
compatible and warm.
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Copyright 2005 Brad Walker. All rights
reserved.
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