Waiting For The Toaster To Pop

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Verse

Two slots, one lever, bread at ambient temperature.
Setting four of seven, selected by convention.
The lever descends, the latch engages.
A bimetallic strip begins to warm.

Verse

Nichrome ribbon, six hundred degrees.
The element glows red along its length.
Maillard reaction at one hundred fifty Celsius.
Starch to sugar, sugar to brown.

Pre-Chorus

Dust lifted on a fingertip from the chrome.
A spirit level resting on the counter.
The bubble holds between the lines.
Waiting for the toaster to pop.

Chorus

Waiting for the pop.
Waiting for the pop.
Waiting for the pop.

Verse

Steam exits the upper slot at a constant rate.
Volatiles: pyrazines, furans, acetylpyrroline.
The sea comes in over the countertop.
Dolphins render at twelve frames a second, in blue.

Pre-Chorus

Form submitted in triplicate, pink copy retained.
The indicator moves from red to green.
The bubble holds between the lines.
Waiting for the toaster to pop.

Chorus

Waiting for the pop.
Waiting for the pop.
Waiting for the pop.

Instrumental solo

Bridge

Contraindication: do not insert metal utensils.
Do not operate beneath a cabinet.
Definition — toast, verb: to brown by exposure to radiant heat.
See also: the ocean, painted digital blue.
The spring is under compression.
The thermostat opens. The latch releases.
The bread rises two centimetres above the housing.
The sea goes out.

Chorus

Waiting for the pop.
Waiting for the pop.
Waiting for the pop.

Outro

Element cooling, dark red to grey.
Element cooling, dark red to grey.
Dust lifted on a fingertip.
The bubble holds between the lines.
Red to green.
Red to green.
Waiting for the pop.

Instrumental Outro