Bend and Backbone
January | February 2014
What balance of bend
and backbone? What measure
resilience moulds malleable’s molecules
such that its structure’s rearranged?
Whites
whipped to a froth with peaks
are perky till two beats too many: then
the mixture droops, begins to weep.
But basket-
weaving 101 needs initially wet
warp and weft to work—a thin
wood slat has
to be…