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we're bakers
my wife and I
snug in our kitchen
among the flour and our implements
the timer set for measuring
in clicks and dings
the loaves in hours
rising ruled
like us
the leavening
it rises us as well
the window
and its morning sky
with its cool breath
the oven with it's hot
we close our eyes
and open it
and feel its heat
our thoughts confined
to dough and fingers kneading
punching down the coming loaf
to thinking all the thoughts
that touching makes
that memories upset
our eyes
precise and absolute
the certainty of dough
its stickiness
and here it's almost noon
the light
the open window
with a warmer breath
the oven stays the same
our eyes
and what appears through them
our view of life
as life flies out of us
and what we see
we see
and seeing changes
with the baking loaves
the light that leaves
us still alive
the heat
the oven
how the sweat of bodies mocks
our silly sweating hearts
we laugh
like valentines
like love
comes pouring in from
memories invited by the scent
the loaves again
the oven and the dinging time
that must be answered
yet we stand
we've stood here
in this kichen
all our lives
our tiny world
we follow it
and listen to
the language of the cook
of bakers
simply making what they make
ignore the world
accept its light
the window and its
breath much cooler now
the oven still the same
but more appreciated now
the years have come
they've traveled through us
made us bakers
in the shape of loaves
though now we've firmed
and settled some
the clouds
so deeply colored now
our eyes connected
here it comes
the sunset through our window
and the timer dings
the loaves are done
we're bakers
and our bread awaits
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