undivided attention

I'm a hippi,

but love New York,

Vegetarian,

but might eat pork.

I'm serious,

but always joking,

Have dredded hair,

but don't like toking.

I hug the trees,

but don't recycle,

Take the bus,

but don't bicycle.

An anarchist,

but don't break laws,

Afraid of sharks,

but not of Jaws.

Always brush,

but never floss,

Can't stand fungus,

don't mind moss.

Love N. Chomsky,

but failed the course,

Believe in marriage,

don't mind divorce.

Am in a hurry,

but never rush,

sometimes poo,

don't want to flush!

My thighs too fat,

my butt's too thin,

Love to compete,

don't have to win.

Follow fashion,

but am a slob,

Always laughing,

but sometimes sob.

Speak in slang

with proper diction,

Read Sarte, Seuss,

and science fiction,

And so I am from such encryption

Reveling in contradiction.

BUT,

Most people tell me I'm a jerk,
and being me just doesn't work.

So,

I say to them, "just let me be!
I'm rather fond of being me."