This poem consists of three >sapphic stanzas< broken down (disguised?) as free verse in the tradition of >imagism<.
Sappho the Housewife (let’s order takeout) ((small ineptitudes in the kitchen))
1.
butter
lop
it liberally
silver clinging
scrape it
pan side
sputters and hissing
smoky?
turn the heat
down
crimsoning
elemental
browning the
butter
2.
sizzling whites
diaphanous
stiffly whitened
bubbles surface
spatula stroking
poly—
tetrafluoroethylene
roll the egg
yolk
shattering
yellow
3.
fuck! the water
nothing—
evaporated
gasping
blue effluvium
windows
fanblades
blackened pot
the bite of a
char upon
it
tea for
tomorrow
Sappho the Housewife (let’s order takeout) ((small ineptitudes in the kitchen))
1.
butter
lop
it liberally
silver clinging
scrape it
pan side
sputters and hissing
smoky?
turn the heat
down
crimsoning
elemental
browning the
butter
2.
sizzling whites
diaphanous
stiffly whitened
bubbles surface
spatula stroking
poly—
tetrafluoroethylene
roll the egg
yolk
shattering
yellow
3.
fuck! the water
nothing—
evaporated
gasping
blue effluvium
windows
fanblades
blackened pot
the bite of a
char upon
it
tea for
tomorrow