Would You Like Fries with That?

Though the youth at last grows indifferent, the laws of the universe are not indifferent, but are forever on the side of the most sensitive. - Thoreau

no one helps a river across the street when it blindly doesn't know the way

as it winds, meanders and feels the braille of sway

no one likes cutting grass but everyone loves a roll in the hay

no one says, "go" when they want you to stay

no one tells a secret to a fink

no one offers to buy an unattractive woman a drink

or gives deodorant to a skunk for its black and white stink

let alone render a banana to the missing link

no one hears a soul when it wails and cries

no one bookmarks its story in the pages of teary eyes

no one cradles a heart when love dies

yet, whenever you order a burger, they always ask if you'd like fries

Author's Note

"The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker." - Thoreau