Best Tins Poems

copper tins on shelf
gleaming panner’s gold
— priceless faux lighting

4/2/2018...

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8 cups of cooked cous cous
1 cup of sautéed zucchini
1 cup of sautéed onion
1 cup of sautéed green peppers
1 cup of seeded diced cucumber
1/3 cup of steamed and sautéed carrots
1/4 cup of sliced ginger root (sautéed
5 cups of shredded pork 9seasoned)
1/3 cup of olive oil
5...

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Third neighbor in two hours to bring over a Christmas tin.
Fruitcakes are in two of them; we don’t bother to open them.
They are going to go to the office where no one will eat them.
Which is strange because they eat everything else.

Are those homemade cookies?...

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Did you ever been a money box,
Were you forced to place money in?
I wanted to buy lollies, you see,
Or even a Mad magazine,
All enforced savings, 
In the old money tins....

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