on the yahoo zodiac
all discussions
of activities you enjoy
and color red
those you don't enjoy
shrink the zodiac down
to fit inside the 'head'
of any/every human branch
on the tree of life
and where that branch
is doing activities it enjoys
light that zodiac-point green
(a green stripe for the duration)
but if there's a mix
of enjoyable and not
show this as a mix of
green and red stripes
consider babies' mix of stripes
and how the reds begin
discomforts
they don't know how to fix
except by wailing
but as they're 'socialised'
other branches exert
more-or-less subtle pressures
to betray their own instincts
and admix artificial reds
with natural greens
until as adult
sell-outs
reds become their 'normal' color
until as post-adult
drop-outs
they recover their green
