Kitchen Table Still Life

I’ll choose for myself next time
who I’ll reach out and take
as mine, in the way
I might stand at a fruit stall

having decided
to ignore the apples
the mangoes and the kiwis
but hold my hands above

a pile of oranges
as if to warm my skin
before a fire.

from Oranges, by Roisin Kelly


"Augh!" he was grumbling when she came downstairs "I'm tired and I need a photo before I can go to bed! (grumble grumble)."

"What are you talking about? There are flowers and a bowl of fruit right here on the table. It's a still life just sitting there. Now good night!"