the tangerines
i asked her
why she drank
she said she
did it for the
tangerines,
i said, what?
she said, tangerines,
who else is going
to drink for them?
i didn’t know
she said,
tangerines
aren’t
oranges
and
they
need someone,
i am there for them,
they are minethe nearest
grocery store
was over 10 miles
away
and
i thought about
the tangerines sitting there
as we sat at
a long slab of marble
on a stool,
there were limes
nearby,
but
she didn’t care
about them
