how not to eat an orange

we're different

in many ways.

for instance,

i cut

and eat my oranges in

four

pieces,

geometrically sound.

two cuts

of the knife

and there you go.

four quarters

sitting on the plate

waiting

for you to bite.

she's more like an animal,

lowering

her teeth

into the rind

and then like a chimpanzee

ripping

at the skin,

before biting and slurping

at the juices.

if only that was our

one and only

difference.