Nonstick poems on Hello Poetry

Grace Feb 2021

“Cook the sausages without fat in a nonstick pan until brown.” Christine France

Ride a bike without training wheels in an empty parking lot until found.
Eat lunch without deodorant in a sweaty cafeteria until nauseous.
Go to prom without a date in a one stop-sign town until dawn.

Walk to class without pants at a small liberal arts college until famous.
Play guitar without calluses at an ex-partner’s house until fingers throbbing.
Hike a trail without a stick on a one-day trip until sore.

Write a poem no meaning in a 4 x 4 apartment until lost.
Throw someone else’s toothbrush in the trash in a studio until crying.
Delete numbers without reason in a frenzy until numb.
Walk down the aisle without a father in a rustic barn wedding until the groom is smiling.

#adolescence #love #life

Andrew Owens Jan 2013

Loose terms of Imagination.

Hush your lips
look over here

Isn't it a grand view
from how you normally see
of course it is
now you can see from your shadow

Care for a point of view
or maybe a silent scream
so no one can hear you
it's only a thrill of the mind

Don't forget your brain
your thoughts need it
to feed you criticisms
it's kind of crazy

Normal taught you how to hate yourself
weird likes to express the displeasure of knowing you
stop trying to be unique like everyone else
we're all the same either way

Thought pollution taking up the airwaves
not good for the air heads
going nowhere fast
with something that just made a sound

Rubber lighting nonstick glue
sweet incomplete two halves of meat
together again thanks to the charity
of a hungry thing

It's all just for fun

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