voice | poetry
Measured
by Shannon Laws
The one cup of measure
mountained with flour
mother pulls a butter knife
from the silverware drawer
taps it on the edge of the
kitchen counter two times
Pushing the jagged peak away
onto the counter covered in wax paper
she scrapes the knife’s flat back
across the cup rim evenly
revealing a smooth, flat plain as she goes
An exact one cup of flour.
Leveled.
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