COLORPLAY

River green, oozing by

Spray of leaf, lizard eye

Verdant forest, Key Lime pie

Green’s the one for me.

Red, red, bloody rag

Drunkard’s nose, night-lit fag

Crimson rose, stripes of flag

Red’s my heart’s true love.

Sun-burst gold, hot delight

Ripened wheat, moon by night

Daisy’s center, candlelight

Yellow warms me up.

Brewing storm in prairie sky

Iridescent butterfly

Silk of iris, berry pie

Purple through and through.

Summer’s sky -- without a flaw

Iris and hydrangea

Pulsing vein, lobelia

Pure and depthless blue

Velvet ribbon, panther’s shine

Chinese ink and shaft of mine

Winter’s sky and Norway pine

Lose yourself in black.

Baby’s tooth and lily spray

Bleached-anemic winter’s day

Lilacs in the month of May

Xerox-paper white.

Sheen of snow, crystal spray

Film of ashes, frosty day

Silks and satins, shades of grey

Grey’s the only way.

Rich deep loam, smell of must

Ash to ashes, dust to dust

Grows all life, earth’s true crust

We’ll all sink in brown.