At lunchtime I bought a huge orange -
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave -
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It's new.
The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.
By Wendy Cope
Mar 11, 2008
The Orange
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I love this poem. The "courage to be happy," as someone said.
I notice, however, that she provocatively ended a line with "orange"--just to tease us for a moment that, perhaps, she was going to rhyme it.
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