Peach Pulp

if this person were a liquid

they'd be orange juice

with full pulp and sugar

(the only juice available

at hospital cafeterias)

if they were a song

they'd be Peaches

by Justin Bieber

(played over and over again

never fully out of your head)

if they were a disease

they'd be whatever

you fear most

(something sinister

with a societal stigma)

if they were another person

they'd be Mike Pence

with a fly on his head

(remember that?

don't be that)

if they were here

I'd tell them

to be more of an individual

(but who am I, really

to make that decision for anyone?)