Alchemy sensory and basal

What the sage knows all know
common cuts, sleight of hands
a mechanism of sets and Zs

shape of salt, run of liquid,
agitation of solution,
shake of plants,

scent and piss of animal,
foldable flat, sinkable hole,
call back and call forth.

Mostly worldly even heavens are
mostly flesh the image
incomplete the metaphor

and we find it
at loss
and rearranging

you can't forget
to forget
or you can't force it yet