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To: Colonel_Flagg; Trikebuilder; snippy_about_it; Darksheare; radu; SAMWolf; All

Baking Bread

I knead your arms
and flour your back
with smooth silky
strokes and even pressure
rolling with the palms
and strong hands
sore from not being used
and not kneading

I knead the dough
after it has risen
been punched down
and allowed to rise again
in a safe warm place
I knead it again
then after it has rested
for a bit it
gets another kneading

After all the kneading
it's ready to be baked
in a preheated oven
at 350 F
a good steady temperature
to assure a nicely risen
and hollow sounding loaf
of holiday bread
after all the kneading
I need a little kneading!

bentfeather

208 posted on 12/20/2003 6:18:53 PM PST by Soaring Feather (I do Poetry.)

209 posted on 12/20/2003 6:21:49 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)

210 posted on 12/20/2003 6:29:51 PM PST by Darksheare (I wanted to put a "Run! Hillary, Run!" bumper sticker on my car, but it'd cover my headlights.)

I *knew* I should have baked this year instead of shopping.

211 posted on 12/20/2003 7:27:33 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (For the one who knows.)

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