Before he was a saint,
Thomas Aquinas was just a student—
a very voracious one. Among his teachers
was a sorcerer known as Albertus Magnus.
The first day of class, the famous alchemist
threw a garden party on a wet white winter morning.
Albertus muttered a few words
and the snow disappeared. The garden filled with flowers,
birds sang, a warm summer breeze caressed the trees.
And when the garden party concluded,
Albertus clapped his hands
and winter returned to the northern lands.
Just before he died, Albertus Magnus
Revealed the secrets of alchemy to his very favorite pupil.
Young Thomas was not concerned with spinning lead
into gold, but he was quite surprised
at the secret the wizard most prized.
Alone and old, frightened by the cold,
the ancient alchemist had built a lover
using precious metals and bizarre fires.
This girl robot was endowed with the powers
of locomotion, thought and speech.
A frightened Aquinas
Thought this Bride of Frankenstein
to be the Devil's handiwork.
He took his sword and killed the android dead.
He stabbed again and again.
The robot bled almost as one alive.
It moaned and cried for its lost lover.
The future saint stared at the broken bloody pieces of machinery,
And turned and ran.
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