THE HANDSOME BAKER Comments

A frozen loaf of bread, I once read somewhere,
can best be defrosted in a dark place.
For instance in a breadbin,
or slowly in the refrigerator.

Because during the process of defrosting,
the flour ingredient will, under the influence of light,
become harder to digest. Especially vitamin D is said
to be absorbed less well by the body.

I once knew a baker who had such beautiful blue eyes
that they looked like two little heavens,
and in each a tiny black sun.
As a result of kneading dough he had awfully strong arms.
I couldn't help staring at that handsome baker.

But he got cancer in his knee and died.
My fantasies about the baker stopped abruptly.
Death I do not desire.

The handsome baker, by the way, thought this story about defrosting
was a load of rubbish. I don't know.
I don't know what to believe.
Believing is surrendering.

Last spring again
there was a period when
I felt a great need to surrender.
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