The Recipe

Tristan Robert Lange


Notice of absence from Tristan Robert Lange
Life is full of seasons. This is a season of transition for me, where I will be moving with my family to a new location. As such, with much logistics to consider, I am doing my best to keep up. Please know if I accidentally don't respond, it is not because I am ghosting or becoming distant. Once things settle after the move, I am sure life will return to some normalcy. In the meantime, and always:

Read 👓, Write ✍️, Rise 🌅, Realize 🤯.

Tristan 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦‍⬛
Cancel culture casserole.
Oven preheated to six-fifty.
Let lies leaven the realities.
Bake time slow; the rise fast.
Easy, palatable, pretentious suppression.
Rest assured there will be no seconds.
This is the recipe for oppression.
 
© 2026 Tristan Robert Lange. All rights reserved.
First published on tristanrobertlange.com, May 23, 2026.
 
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  • arqios

    650 Kelvinn more like! In today's language in the end, we are all cooked 🙏🕊️

    • Tristan Robert Lange

      Arqios, hahaha…‘650 Kelvin’ gave me a good laugh, my friend. 🤣 Sorry for answering late…crazy season involving moving right now. And sadly, you may not be wrong that half the world feels cooked these days. Always grateful for your humor and presence. 🥘🔥🖤🙏

    • Friendship

      This was hard for me today. I am going to try! Your poem "Cancel culture casserole" explores cancel culture as a form of social oppression. The poet uses the metaphor of cooking to illustrate how misinformation and suppression of dissenting opinions create a toxic societal environment.

      • Tristan Robert Lange

        Friendship, haha…you were worried for nothing, my friend. You absolutely picked up on the metaphor and what the poem was wrestling with. Besides, I look at the meaning of my art more as what it evokes in you. So, for me it is far more interesting to know how what I write gets interpreted...sometimes those interpretations shape how I look at my own work. Beautiful really. Anywho, sorry for answering late…this moving season has been wild on my end lately. Truly appreciate the care you put into reading and responding. 🥘🔥🖤🙏

        • Friendship

          Thanks, you're so welcome, my friend

        • sorenbarrett

          Clever in metaphor and wording it is a satirical recipe for a food that I am allergic to and can't stomach. It makes me ill (not the poem the recipe) A fave my friend

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            Soren, hahaha…a satirical dish you are allergic to may be the most accurate review this casserole could possibly receive, my friend. 🤣 Sorry for answering late…crazy season involving moving right now. Always grateful for your thoughtful reads and your sense of humor. Happy Memorial Day. 🥘🔥🖤🙏

            • sorenbarrett

              You are always most welcome my friend

            • orchidee

              Good write T. Popeye has the recipe for spinach pie. lol.

              • Tristan Robert Lange

                Orchi, hahaha…Popeye’s spinach pie probably contains enough sodium and glug power to survive the apocalypse, my friend. 🤣 Sorry for answering late…crazy season involving moving right now. Always grateful for your humor and presence around these poems. 🥘🥬⚓🖤🙏

              • David Wakeling

                Time to send out for take away this political meal may be to strong for some. A powerful thoughtful piece, Got me thinking

                • Tristan Robert Lange

                  David, hahaha…perhaps cancel culture casserole is best served in very small portions, my friend. 🤣 Sorry for answering late…crazy season involving moving right now. Truly appreciate you engaging the satire beneath the absurdity here, and I am glad it got you thinking. 🥘🔥🖤🙏

                • Thomas W Case

                  Superb

                  • Tristan Robert Lange

                    Thomas, thank you kindly, my friend. 🤣 Sorry for answering late…crazy season involving moving right now. Truly appreciate the read and the encouragement on this one. 🥘🔥🖤🙏

                  • Kevin Hulme

                    So true about Cancel Culture. Good Write.

                    • Tristan Robert Lange

                      Kevin, thank you kindly, my friend. 🤣 Sorry for answering late…crazy season involving moving right now. Glad the satire and underlying concern both landed for you. Much appreciation. 🥘🔥🖤🙏



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