Lusty thump
marks application,
with every stroke
fine syncopation,
wood on dough,
performance art,
percussive beat
of kitchen heart,
stretching, tugging,
this way, that,
persuading yeast
or flour and fat
to peasant noodle,
earthy, chewy,
or frail cream puff,
flaky, gooey.
In maestro’s hands
a nimble trill,
here on the wall
lumpish, still.
But regard with respect
the two-handled bole:
even inert
it’s ready to roll.
More thanks to photographer S.W. Berg
and to la Madeleine, Fairfax County, VA.