Be Happy. Be Basic. Be You Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Be happy. Be basic. Be you.
That's it.
And if you want a banana split?
Get it.
Forget about what others say,
And how you should be.
Or the kind of life you should like.
If they knew...
They would have more of their own business,
To pursue.
Do they?
Of course not.
That's why they are trying to be all up in yours.
Hoping to find something there of interest.
Or hopefully something there to spite!
Get on with your life.
And enjoy it with a ferocious appetite.