Brown Bananas in the Time of Pandemic

 

Brown Bananas in the Time of Pandemic

The conservative in me sometimes wants to take over

and strangle the liberal in me, like a tide the reverse is true,

back and forth,

I am regulated by the moon, my emotions and the latest polls,

I have multiple personalities, by day I am a liberal

by night when things don’t go my way,

or people want to slouch when I want them to sit straight,

or eat salad and less meat I want to force the issue.

“Wear a mask you idiot.”

I want the windows open and air to circulate

thoughts to flow and ideas to expand like

the universe, sometimes I want the tail gating to stop

the fast lanes to slow down,

drive according to the weather conditions,

without the use of traffic cameras to regulate,

just human nature and consideration,

all that goodness seems broken

there are still brown spots on bananas

apples are picked out of season like original sin.

Perhaps, there is a call for more Wonder Bread and peanut butter,

or the irrational freedom of junk food movie night.

Is it too much to ask to just have some security and be happy

or write that into the constitution along with our guns and free speech.

Everything is a contrast.

People believe nonsense, now social media is truth,

Fox says, “Kale causes global warming!”

The conservative in me just wants to force the issue

with the liberal in me,

otherwise we may never agree if the planet is hot or cold

up or down.