The Orange Vendor

Oranges on her head and oranges in her hand,

flowers on a yellow poncho.

She's so much smaller than her clothes.

I don't know why I bought the print.

Is it her one free hand, or the way

she stacks so many things

the wrong shape for balancing?

Or how she shifts her weight to cope

when she makes a sale, and an orange,

or many oranges, are taken away?