Two For One Today
Two poems for the price of one today….
FRESH ORANGES
Fresh oranges make you young
Like wading a creek in rubber boots
Splashing water like a child, stomping the sand
Or hiking a trail with a new friend
Three dogs keeping pace, tails wagging your joy
Or no jacket in January
Stepping outside to sun, the widest blue sky
Or climbing a tree, wrapping fingers around a
Golden fruit, a gentle tug and it’s mine
Juice running down my chin, citrus in my nose
Boxes and boxes of fresh oranges
What could be better?
COATIMUNDI ROCK AND ROLL
Coatimundis climb ladders and drag race on the roof
Critters in the night clever claws make me contemplate.
Is it one? Is it two? Is it a dance under the moon
And the stars? Scrabbling show-offs won’t let me sleep
Until I turn on the porch light
Then they flee.
