Recipe
by Mary Ann Taylor, on orderliness
Its complexity staggers.
Ingredients sifted from stars
Millenia before, measured
Infinite in containers unseen,
Secured in a science unexplainable,
Dense with nutritious atoms
Selected for their adaptability.
Combined with art, grace,
Beauty beyond mere necessity,
The orderly action of heat melds outside time
Until the Universe ripens, all
Accomplished for a now
We attend until then.