An Orange In My Hand

I’ve been making Blackberry Marmalade using ordinary oranges:
2 cups of chopped rind (boil in 2 cups water, drain)
add 2 tbspn lemon juice
2 cups defrosted blackberries
3 cup of sugar
bring to the boil over medium heat, simmer until thickened 15-25 minutes; into sterilized jars, and taste at leisure, yummy …

AN ORANGE IN MY HAND

it smells of San Diego                   
in August
you and I
picking oranges
from a tree beside
the red front door

it tastes
of Christmas mornings
and the orange
at the toe
of my stocking

it feels like peace                                            
in 1945
when oranges
were again
in the corner store
and I held one
for the first time

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