We were Nuts

They called us crazy,
we who were obsessed with
trans-fats, with consuming
whole foods, with avoiding
pesticide residues; we were
the lunatic fringe.
Now, in one fell swoop,
we've been vindicated.
Mess with trans-fats and
you just might end up in
jail, in some parts of
the country anyway.
A bittersweet sort of
victory is this.
Our diets are out of whack
only in proportion to
our lives being out of tune,
our biorhythms out of sync,
our hopes out of this world.
Once, we were nuts;
now we're right.
Would that we were
better off.

(2008)