I Regret Ordering An Orange Juice Drink Instead of My Regular Taro Milk Tea

my feeds, there is more to me

than taro milk tea. today

I ordered a mango

sunrise in Annandale

where I people-watch drink orders, order

the early morning

to be different.

it had mango jelly

in the shape of stars. it was happy

in a way I disliked

with pineapple bits and, in addition,

orange juice. I hold an unpopular opinion:

only hungering butterflies should

proboscis

juice

not people

with thick straws. also, defending myself

against the haters, who love juice

and all its boosts,

orange is to be appreciated not as a taste but as as a hue,

a flame,

like the sun

not sipped.