Small Oranges

Navel oranges

Sunshine in winter

A little ball of orange

Holding me together

Isn’t that strange?

Pathetic?

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Can I get the peel off

In just one piece?

Carefully remove

Respect

Eject

Invisible victories

Orange spiral

In my hand

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One slice removed -

My sister likes to scrape off

Every shred of white

String? Pulp?

On the slices

Before she eats them

Or they eat her

Remove

Smooth

Bare, or else

Control

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Two slices removed -

20% gone

Just like myself

As a member of society

I just exist

Hoping

Waiting

To be viewed as more

Than 80% human

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I hold 80% of an orange

In my hands

Wondering,

If it had come that way

Would everyone wish it was whole?

Spend all of their effort

Trying to make 20% out of thin air?

Or would it just be

An Orange?

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“I give up on caring”

Well, no shit

I was never going to grow 20%

If 80% is my whole

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Dissect.

Accept.

Small Oranges