Inkpot Gods (Alchemical Journeys #4)

Book II. Lead

BOOK II

Lead

Do I dare

Disturb the universe?

In a minute there is time

For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.

—T. S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

I am the candle in your kitchen

I am the rain upon your face

I am the very best of reasons

For any man to fall from grace.

—Talis Kimberley, “The Finding of the Feather”