Pizza Prayer

Tumble, crumble cornmeal, salted flour Stream olive oil Feed water and toasty yeast with sugar Crinkle, rumple, crease, and fold Smooth a silky, doughy globe. Cover, leave the orb to grow Keep baby warm Wrap with snug and swaddling towel Linger, loiter, wait and proof Sing a sunny, happy tune. Overturn the ball on flour Dust a wooden pin Feed heart and conscience with honey Rotate, flatten, compress, admire Make a downy, level sphere. Bridge the stretchy bread to pan Curl edges like leaves Swirl and ladle a coat of tomato Thick, chunky, bright, and red Sway to kitchen melody. Peppers, onions, olives, chokes Sausage for some Rain down the mozzarella and Swiss Turn and toss, precipitate Drizzle a snowy blend. Push the pie into a hot cathedral Pray for happiness Think about joy and contentment Pause, watch, patience, serenity This journey bakes the future. Copyright © 2016 Tess Harvester