Me and Your Me

I struggle to split
the convenient me for your easy consumption
from the genuine hard pip
I struggle to divide
find the cruel line that sets me aside
myself as opposed to the me that is yours
we cruel carnivores
that eat at the buffet of souls
that taste of our friends
not they who they are
but they who we'd like them to be
pick and choose
but it's different for me
when all I do is lose
when I'm all stone in the centre
unfit for popular consumption
because I'm not prescribed assumption
coded as affectation and presumption
I became wholly spat out
because I'm not that or this
neither bite nor kiss
blue or pink
swim or sink
pot or pan
wo or man
I guess we all need our provinces
but I don't export from there
I'm not apple or pear
I'm oranges ripe and acidic
pick me up where I lie
burning the little cuts on your lips
difficult to peel for eager finger tips
treat me wrong and I'll spit in your eye

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