Alchemy

A length of lead piping
is a Cuban cigar
is a body in a carpet
is a falafel wrap
is a suspicious package
is a haggis
is a severed head
is a hat stand
is a mushroom
is a nuclear test
is the release of a thousand balloons
is an aspirin dissolving
is the sun through the mist
is phlegm in a hankie
is butter in its wrapper
is an ingot of gold.