Two Old Orange Poems

More Letters From Paradise               Two Old Orange Poems            Orange Number One        Oranges were important           you received one       maybe two at Christmas         if you were lucky       Once coming back from          aunt Grace's          on the trolly        a paper bag split    sending an orange colored           avalanche      in all directions      of Chicago's Loop      Motormen stopped         trollys     while we chased         oranges   Orange Number Two     Christmas is   for my children who with great effort    blow up balloons     then rub them     in their hair    and attach them  to living room walls many colored paper chains  hang across doorways remember to duck under   popcorn strung and placed on the tree front door bristles with    Christmas cards   then on Christmas morning   large lumpy stockings     must be explored     always at the toe        an orange         Aloha         Grant