Tender Sieves

Dinner calls for
  a coarse sieve
For washing rice, and vegetables.

Cake requires
  a fine sieve
For sifting flour, and raw cocoa.

Love endures
  a tender sieve;
For soothing hearts, and false lips.

Copyright © 1995-2010 Conrad Parker <conrad@vergenet.net>. Last modified Tue Feb 19 2002