It's Still Life

Kimchi – (poem form: a cadralor) 

I.
It will
Bubble and fizz
Then jump up
And bite you.

II.
Chopped and
Salted, and left in
Brine, drained and squeezed,
Gochugaru pops.

III.
No silver,
No metal shall it touch.
Only wood or clay
of earth.

IV.
All night
In the dark and cold
It lives, it fizzes
A lowly burp.

V.
Wintered in
This chilli wind,
There in a vented jar,
Fermenting kimchi.

Written for dVerse Poets, “ferment”. Image: Digital Art AI Midjourney. ©Misky 2022 Shared with #amwriting on Twitter