i was once a child
because i love my parents
it was once summer
because i am eating an orange
i watch one movie after another
because i will be a filmmaker
i am a mathematician
because i once wanted to be one
was i ever once what i was?
i write one poem after another
because every orange is sour
a great force of evil descends
and i pet it nostalgically
i discover in this song
that i once loved someone
i must one day give up eating oranges
because there is constant loss
because there is constant loss
i am one poem after another