The Golden Song
The kiln was a mouth. It opened and closed. I fed it wood. It ate the clay. I was the feeder. I was the fuel. My shop sat at the edge of Harrow’s End. It was a brick box. The bricks were red. The mortar was gray. The roof was slate. It had stood for eighty years. I had owned it for three. The town smelled of wet wool and diesel. The river ran black behind the factory. I made bricks. Not for...
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