rhyme with orange skin

reason ruffs a rounded rhyme

to squeeze astringent lyric in

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange peel

the lyric gets more cutting

as jugglers spin a spurious spiel

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange stain

regret that I from earthlings got

irreverent disdain

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange rind

present time refreshing

new condiments of mind

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange mold

presiding over service

where certain psalms unfold

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange seed

new respect for orange

as orange seedlings seed

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange juice

go ahead have a squeeze or two

to enjoy the fruit needs no excuse

rhyme with orange

rhyme with orange flesh

sweet and tangy tongue tip tingle

tempt as tang and taste enmesh

could a part of the orange be you and me

rhyming so cute in our earthly pursuit

nano and flot in our cosmic dot

a pore in the skin of the juicy fruit

copyright 2004 bob tatnell

australia's most pithy poet