CITRUS
Orange
excuse me
I’m not a fellow walking
I’m not a two
in the morning
person.
I need to get by.
I need an orange.
I’m not pregnant.
Juicy.
Slice slice
slice
drip, firm
oranges torture me
at two a.m.
Give give me.
Hold on.
Kitty yawns
blink blink
Someone called.
Yellow
yellow
lemon
white lemon
dribble
squeeze…pop!
Coke rush for
lemon. Please,
Grapefruit tart
softball
Hang from my ceiling.
Goodnight,
my succulent.
-kerry e mckenna
