Animation by Simphiwe Mtombeni

this heap of dough

its plasticity

fast moving hands

how it sucks

you in at the slightest touch

resist

how it consumes you

come re-emerging with a loud

plop

erase your own memory

even when beaten down, flat

as a pancake, it can be

molded into something

better, this mount of trivial

wetness can be shaped

into a circular form

into something that rises

beyond itself, it climbs

to fall, beneath the pressure 

of its own weight 

a revolutionary

recipe

measure it

pour, measure again, stir, until

it silences the hunger and lust

gluttons, in balance

fragile on its own, it needs

our hearts

and hands

salt and sugar to rise

 
 
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