ounce by ounce pre-measured out
a cup, bare and unwarranted is filled with
fine sweet white crystals
tempted to temp
calibrated wrong off by
degrees of fault
bittersweet taste careful not to haste
the first things proof
though it wasn't just by you
bulked by the halved hour
loved loved that sour
smells of warming live culture
fed on by moist and heat
layers
one is not complete
