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Clementine
Wrinkly like my grandmother
all dry, and no sense of humor
The feeling of a belly button prominent, poking out at the sides
Like small mountains
soft yet wiggly
Pores scattered across the surface
like the skin of an unfortunate soul who is suffering through acne
The sound of rustling sheets whispers in your ears
as the orange is being opened for the world to see
Static sound fogs your mind begging you to keep peeling
The smell of wet nickels assaults your nose as it's opened
overwhelming to the point it makes you nauseous of such pungent smell
The smell betrays such taste, bland and moist
So bland that it makes you want to throw it across the room

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This poem was based on an orange, or a clementine for this piece. For this poem I took a fun approach in how I was going to describe a clementine. A contrast to the more deeper, meaningful, and heartbreaking poems that can be found in this site, I wanted it to be a lighthearted poem that it'll give a chuckle or two to some people.