orange
originally written 12.18.02

is there more past the peel?
substance concealed,
can the citizens of citrus
possibly feel
what i have to express?
to those who fail to impress.
to my neighbors i address
this multi-verbal mess.
nothing rhymes with this county--
conservatism is amounting
to a fundamentalist function
resulting in political disjunction.
while neo-nazis walk proudly
i still should loudly:
look past the peel--the heel.
look at the fruit, you see something real.
it is from this that the juice
can and will be turned loose.
we are the slices and seeds
that battle corporate greed.
seems like all that is seen
in orange are people chasing green.
the wealthy are smoking greens
like an american beauty scene.
tainted lives and trophy wives,
but that's not all that's inside.
look for the substance,
i'm above this, i love this.
i am the slice, i am the seed.
you can always peel away the greed.

--[ taste mig's big, sweet, juicy, orange ]--