Falafel

Browned golden,
balled, chick pea fava treats:
beaten, battered, rolled,
fried with pride
and perfection.

Nubian delights,
and that Middle Eastern flair,
fast food favorite
with tahini.

A touch of greenery,
coriander cumin, parsely
on the inside,
with a side of couscous
and cucumbers.

And the American kind:
A rhapsody of the
latte liberal,
veggie preachin,
thumb nosed,
eat-a-pita
mind,
still browned golden,
beaten, battered, rolled,
for the bourgeois,
and fried with pride
and perfection,
and so good,
in their buddha bellies.

Shabazz Wilson