Never a virgin to speak of

Never a virgin to speak of,
I clung fast to that second-sweetest fruit,
“love”.
Don’t know why I let you in my garden gate,
Offered you that overripe orange,
Flesh sticking to it as you picked it away.
Not like young love which picks clean,
Leaving no rind behind.

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