The Smooth Cocoon

Man cannot live by bread alone

but roti, tortilla, bread, noodles, roux or biscuits

dumplings, paratha, pastry, pita and crepes are staples.

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Skilled members of mankind

farm and mill grains.

With art and grace, master magician bakers have the touch

They measure coarsely milled grains of flour

and sometimes fat and gritty salt - once a source of currency-

then add the water of life.

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They blend and knead the mixture into a smooth silken dough cocoon.

It is left to rest and undergoes metamorphosis.

Alchemical transformations create strong, flexible and durable fibres .

They can contort as they are pat, rolled, spun, dropped or twisted

and then baked into a chef d'oeuvre.

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The power of the water of life

smoothly flows and transforms.

into the bread of life,

that in turn,

nourishes and sustains energy

that continually changes form throughout eternity.