For today’s NaPoWriMo prompt from Steve De La Salle take a closer look at an everyday object so familiar you don’t usually notice it. Explore it until you find a poem.
Frying Pal
In this gem-pit, walled and round
Flavours of all types were found.
As the sizzles and the hisses
As the near-eye fat-spit misses
Took charge, fragrance filled the room,
(At times: smoke alarm would boom!)
As this tummy gurgled, grinned
Sad thoughts, bad day vibes were binned
And tunes were sung merrily,
Frying Pal – both you and me
Tossed those pancakes! Fried eggs, large!
Simmered curries, (spice barrage!)
Cooked beef burgers, browned lean mince
Brekkies that would make some wince:
Bacon, mushrooms, eggs once more
Sausages – thick – and, for sure
Fresh tomatoes and black pudding,
All those years we did our “great thing!”
But now, sadly, we must part
And, in truth, ache does this heart…
I would hang you on the wall
So those mems we could recall
But, I’d get told off – no lie;
So, dear Frying Pal, goodbye.
Steve De La Salle
Steve says: “I started writing in March 2014 to help deal with mental health issues. The Page became my stage. A place where I could let cocktails of emotions pour.
“I’m a big fan of nonsense and silly verse too, plus comedy in general, and believe that creating things opens doors to corridors new.”
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