poetry

orange grove

orange grove

behind a screen of feathery firs
neat rows of short green trees
preceded for miles
by the dripping sweet scent
of orange blossoms
so thick and heady
I can barely gulp down air

it’s the same citrus smell
your warm crown wore
after the tangerine baby wash
in the sweet simple days
before your first haircut

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