The Art of Toast

Poetic Bloomings –

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: CREATURES OF HABIT

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The Art of Toast

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Freshly sliced, an empty canvas.

Slightly toasted, splotches of light

brown shade the surface.

A wash of creamy, yellow butter prepares

this canvas of bread and I use my knife to

spread a deep berry-blue jam in swirls, from edge

to edge, in a starry night design.