oranges

you and i agreed to meet
at orangerie
i will be wearing
my flowery summer dress
and you with your little
reclam of ludwig tiek


when we get tired of walking
we'll find a place to sit
upon the grass maybe
open our picnic basket


macarons, madeleine, black tea
le recherche du les temps perdu
regarding the sweet competition of memory
i suggest we make it mandarin


sweet delicate oranges
i eat as i speak
i am what i eat
i am what i speak


you want to compare me
with a summer's day
methinks it's tacky
should be a jardin d'hiver


a petite girl in her petite dress
waiting in a jardin d'hiver
will be waiting, keep on waiting,
in her flowery summer dress


we hear salvador singing
you wipe the tears from my face
have another mandarin you say
you cry like a madeleine