Best Peeler Poems

Layer upon 
layer upon 
layer
Living always adds another thick layer over hope.
Sometimes hope is rescued from this layered darkness.
Then slung into the suddenness of light. 
Gasping and wide-eyed.
What is it trying to say?
What is it thinking?
Will it re-sprout its wings?   
Has its voice...

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POTATO PEELER

I want to peel potatoes all day long. 
I love peeling potatoes because of their lovely round shape 
and their lovely little nodules. I like to feel the earthy texture 
of their skin and I love to take a potato peeler to them. 

Just...

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An apple peeler is a gadget
That peels the apple and 
removes the cores
It sits on the counter top
Open the log bar-
Slide the apple on to it
Then close the opening
Turn the handle slowly

The apple peeler slowly
slowly removes the peels 
Open the long bar
Open the long bar...

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WIPE THE TEARS FROM YOUR EYES
THE ONIONS ARE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU
CRY NO MORE THAT THEY SHALL
BE SAUTEED AND EATIN!
THAT THE LABORS OF THESE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN
THAT THESE ONIONS SHALL MAKE FOOD FOR HUNGRY PERSONS
TO COMPLIMENT THE MEAT OF THEIR CHOSING

AND SHALL...

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