03-08-2024, 01:42 PM
Anticipation
Bee-doo, bee-doo
the timer sounds
signaling time
from blooming heat
two sour-dough loaves
newly golden
having reached risen
potential knowing
the biology
the chemistry
doesn’t lessen
the craving of
mystery
alchemy of mixing
flour, salt, water
again awakening
the evolution of
one to another.
Crusty brown
they are born
skin too thick
with heat
though already
softening
lean in and listen
to the crackling
the ticking
of the lover’s engine
resting after coming
home
feeling the tingle
as salivary glands begin
their business the body
readied imagining
teeth tearing scent
of earth and sea
the releasing
steam still too hot
I wait.
Bee-doo, bee-doo
the timer sounds
signaling time
from blooming heat
two sour-dough loaves
newly golden
having reached risen
potential knowing
the biology
the chemistry
doesn’t lessen
the craving of
mystery
alchemy of mixing
flour, salt, water
again awakening
the evolution of
one to another.
Crusty brown
they are born
skin too thick
with heat
though already
softening
lean in and listen
to the crackling
the ticking
of the lover’s engine
resting after coming
home
feeling the tingle
as salivary glands begin
their business the body
readied imagining
teeth tearing scent
of earth and sea
the releasing
steam still too hot
I wait.