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Wild Yeasts
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21 Wildyeasts For Marta Rumblingawayupmydough’sheavythroattoitshead, seepingthetrailed,airbornedaughtersdownintothecore, bubblesgoriotingthroughmylong- kneadednewbread; softly,now,breathofthewildestyeaststartstoroar. Myhandsworkthatpeakedfoam,pushinsidesoutintothelight, edgeshiningnewsinewsbackunderthegenerousarch thattime’sfinalsighwillconclude.(Drytimewillstretchtight whistlingstopsofquickheatthroughmylong- darkenedstarch.) HowcouldIsendquietthroughthisresonant,strange,vaultingroof murmuring,soundingwithsporesandthelong- simpleair, andthebrightfreeroadmoving?IsingasIterracealoaf outofthehandsithasfilledlikealong- answeredprayer. Nowtheworshippingsavagecathedralourmouthsmakewilllace deathanditsfood,inthemomentthatrefractsthisplace. ...