For the ripe, over-weight monkey
who eats oranges, in his box—peels and all
I have something to say:
Waste—is worth it. Trying to glean Vitamin C
from an acidic peel—that has been touched by 50 hands
who have also wiped, is not genius.
So, what is?
It’s easy to look at your life and see nothing there.
Many of us do it
But some—like the man who eats orange peels—don’t.
And perhaps—this is the blissful state—like a cow
standing in line on the slaughter yard
not knowing, her fate.
Genius—is an attitude.
People underestimate how difficult it can be
to squeeze orange juice, on a sunny day
Instead—there is traffic, rain, lights, honking, and appointments
The test of any philosophy is to stand on two feet and run
A great philosophy makes sense out of nonsense, like scrambling eggs into an omelet—until it’s something worth eating.
It comes from somewhere else—
never begging to be worshiped.
While individuals have made it their religion
it needs no one.
People cling to it, like a life raft
tossed on the open ocean
with the abyss
sinking
beneath
their feet.
Fantastic imagery! I absolutely love this one!
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I’m so glad that you enjoyed it JYP!!! 🙂
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