Elizabeth Grey Rice
Petri dish explorations:
I. Pour down chance liquid layers
II. Drop tea. Brew. Evaporate.
III. Faux gold to give it weight
IV. Review, Recollect, Repeat
Centering of molecular waves and galactic particles
on sheets of glass for attentive study
sing songs of praise through quiet contemplation--
the Question itself is worth living for.
One says: A particularly beautiful specimen of zygomycota
which is not the same as “moldy bread.”
Marked repellant and reverence where
petri dish and stained glass meet.
The secret ministry of moths.
Wonder and awe
Distilled in waxy bodies.
Wax-dipped, gold-plated, tea leaf
residue.
Attended to
to see with no regret what is beautiful in
your unpainted skin.
Brewing tea to cultivate
A way of being, selving—internal/external reflection
Regarding “The Angel in the House”:
Three hands from three women
Picked up postmodern needles left
Neglected on a Pedestal,
Returned to the foot of the mountain
To make tapestries of discarded wings.