As Old as the Ages, As Young as Today

She slowly slips out of
dark’s star-jeweled robe
to don, and then undress,
the orange rind bikini—
a blush as shameless
as Venus dimming—
and arraysagain, as slow as longing
the vast blue skirt of the sun.

What is the pun in this riddle?

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