love letters to oranges

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Oranges mean abundance and happiness in Chinese culture. Like a harvest, it symbolizes the beauty of having plenty. Use your mouse to click and combine objects and explore two poems about friendships & oranges in a poetry visualization. 

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Poem Transcripts:

1  |  ORANGES by Jean Little

I peel oranges neatly.
The sections come apart cleanly, perfectly in my hands.

When Emily peels an orange, she tears holes in it.
Juice squirts in all directions.

“Kate,” she says, “I don’t know how you do it!”

Emily is my best friend.
I hope she never learns how to peel oranges.

2   |  The Orange by Wendy Cope

At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It’s new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I’m glad I exist.

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SFX: Sokpop Collective game engine sound effects. 

Embedding tool v1.1 by NylePudding.

Designs of Emily + Kate inspired by lov - vlad. 

Candle + match in credits page inspired by ritual bath - mitch.

Interactive narrative made for ETB.