Rotee is more than bread – it is livelihood in India
Nan is not the name for bread – it is survival for a
Kurd
Agnus Dei is more than a song – it is the prelude to
Fractio Panis
But breaking
bread has no meaning when the bread is soft
Wine and bread have shaped the culture of loving
Yet dough is inelastic when Gluten is left out
It makes people inflexible and unkind
Since few fear celiac disease when their stomach is
empty
And going to bed hungry, dreaming of crumbled bread
Bran and germ have to stay in the bread
To celebrate friendship, trust and union
With a world in fear of hips that bear promises
And meals that quiet colicky children going to bed
hungry
Breaking bread is not a tradition
But a promise to feed those who cannot break away
From the celebration
Of goodness
PS/ The picture is of Rocky, my sweet companion of
14 years who passed away recently. He always waited for a piece I bread I would
break and share with him at dinner.
June 21, 2019
© Vahé A.
Kazandjian, 2019
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