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A slice of sourdough bread

Wondrous chemistry of flour, water and living yeast arising

Harnessed fire applied yields warm crunch. Satisfying!

 

A whole avocado

Creamy green butter that grows on trees, lovingly, protectively encased;

Use metal taken from the ground, formed and sharpened, to cut and press.

Spread the richness of sun and soil over the life giving bread. Oh yes!

 

A boiled egg

Seed of mother bird within hardened calcium shell, strangely ejected;

Fire applied to water alters its state to oviform—firm, yellow and white. Miraculous!

Slice with the metal taken from the ground and place on top with great delight.

 

Sliced grape tomatoes

Red round sacs hold liquidy, earthy, seedy, life-giving nutrients;

Cut open and douse with oil pressed from olives plucked from trees we never see,

And balsamic vinegar, aged in barrels, cured to cure, and pour over all, thankfully

 

Salt

A gift from the sea, taken from water or rock, a phenomenal reality;

Sparkling white taste enhancer, tongue-dancer;

Sprinkle on with liberty

 

Eat

Open mouth in wonder, bite with grateful strength,

Chew with delight of flavor, swallow in reverent joy.

For these heavenly gifts we by no means create, but only take