Greyhound tires kiss asphalt skin
Lens cap clicks where night begins
Sack of gold in calloused grip
Oven waits for fingertip
Yeast blooms slow in steel bowl throat
Mesa catches final note
Salt and water measured weight
Dough relaxes loses fate
Mesa flour drinks the dawn light
Canyon shadows burn so bright
Crust turns gold on iron sheet
Desert wind tastes salt and wheat
Shutter snaps the scored top crust
Dust swirls round the camera thrust
Aperture set wide for steam
Light catches every gluten seam
Mesa flour drinks the dawn light
Canyon shadows burn so bright
Crust turns gold on iron sheet
Desert wind tastes salt and wheat
Hands that knead know canyon time
Eyes that frame know dust and lime
Both make witness both record
Earth to oven lens to word
Proofing baskets burlap rows
Mercury climbs glowing red
Timer ticks in overhead
Crust forms armor dense brown bread
Flour prints on viewfinder glass
Horizon bleeds through kitchen pass
Shutter clicks the loaf is scored
Mesa light on steel blade poured
Mesa flour drinks the dawn light
Canyon shadows burn so bright
Crust turns gold on iron sheet
Desert wind tastes salt and wheat
Rise up rise up mesa wheat
Flour on the mesa edge now
Shutter clicks the daily bread