Best Buttoned Poems
Buttoned-Down MindsThey would watch, with wild amusement,
as chubby little hands worked furiously, struggling with each button.
Tiny, unskilled fingers loosening, gnawing at them, until the last one was free.
She would wiggle out of her brand new, red velvet coat,
scrambling to play with building blocks and toys.
A capsule...
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Categories:
buttoned, freedom, people, time, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Saint Peyote of the Buttoned Down ShirtPray for us St. Mushroom of the Holy Sin
Keep our fingers free from sticky things
And safe from anxiety of the open hole
In the middle of the doughnut where it belongs
Deliver us twelve of them but spare the sugar tax
Sin grows in the dark so...
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Categories:
buttoned, appreciation, corruption, food, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse
For talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lipFor talking too much in class, we've buttoned your lip.
If the teacher does ask you to talk, here is a little tip.
You unbutton your lip just like a button on your shirt.
The first few times, you may feel a little hurt.
So be gentle, so your...
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Categories:
buttoned, humor, hyperbole, nonsense, parody,
Form:
Light Verse