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The speaker asks how to square an apple when cider has them on the sauce. The answer is to put oneself in a jar and go to the pantry for her wisdom all over again.

Apple, cider, sauce, jar and pantry carry the question into a domestic reply. The source says square, not squeeze, and wisdom, not a question about ownership. Some cursive readings remain provisional; the fragment does not identify the woman.

A cursive poem: 'How do you square / an apple, when the / cider has you on / the sauce?' and the answer 'You put yourself / in a jar and go to / the pantry for her / wisdom all over again.'

A wry riddle about drinking with a domestic answer; her and wisdom are cursive readings and stay provisional.