poem Aluminum {April Fool’s Edit}, an edited poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#013, Al) By Chicago Poet Janet Kuypers — Aluminum {April Fool’s Edit| poem, Periodic Table poem, element poem, anniversary gifts: poem, wood poem, copper poem, iron, poem, tin poem, steel poem, marriage poem, pliability poem, flexible poem, durable poem, bent poem, broken poem, stronger poem, calcium poem, absorption poem, Osteoporosis poem, Aluminum cookware poem, antacids poem, leftovers poem, fridge poem, aluminum foil poem, brainstorm poem, picture frame poem

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Aluminum
{April Fool’s Edit}
Janet Kuypers
edited poem from the “Periodic Table of Poetry” series (#013, Al)
4/1/13
On our wedding anniversary,
I try to remember
annual anniversary gifts:
we’ve passed wood, copper, iron,
and are just passing tin, steel,
and aluminum now.
What on Earth do I buy
for a gift that’s aluminum?
And how does Aluminum
represent a marriage?
Oh, I suppose
the pliability of aluminum
shows how our marriage
needs to be flexible
and durable, and like
aluminum, which can be bent
without being broken,
we have to learn to bend
to each other’s wills
so that we can be
stronger when we’re together.
And we are.
So, because of Aluminum’s
durability and pliability,
we see aluminum used a lot
because it mixes well
with others.
But in the body
it competes with calcium
for absorption, so it might
even lead to Osteoporosis...
So I guess that rules out
Aluminum cookware
for our anniversary...
This is really getting on my nerves,
trying to come up
with an Aluminum gift —
I better make sure my antacids
don’t contain Aluminum,
‘cause although it’s not good for my insides,
it’s used in so many other things
around us...
In the meantime,
I’m going to
grab some leftovers
from the fridge,
get it out of the
aluminum foil
and eat while I brainstorm
what his anniversary
present should be.
But wait,
maybe a picture frame would be good,
because if WE work well together,
an Aluminum frame
would be a different way
to hold us together, too.

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the Waiting4the Bus open mic in Chicago (from the Canon camera)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the Waiting4the Bus open mic in Chicago (from the Canon camera, with the Edge Detection filter)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the Waiting4the Bus open mic in Chicago (from the Canon camera, with the Posterize filter)

See YouTube video
of Kuypers reading this poem at the Waiting4the Bus open mic in Chicago (from the Canon camera, with the Film Age - Older filter)

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