06: is over the line.
Making my trees appear
like nappy headed
immigrants.
Whoever heard of painting
individual twigs?
00: Black. Always more
than I need.
01: Plenty of white too.
Bunny underbellies
were all going to be tan,
but tan ran out;
blame Hawaii. Blame
all of Oceania.
Snow was going to be
39: powder blue.
Too many pacific skies.
07: is mixing with 42
and turning a putrid
purple. Good for coloring
drowned children's cheeks.
08: is just brown enough
for skin creases,
tanks, cars, faces,
Iron Curtains, and anything
that wears poorly.
99: Rising sun. Not really
red, orange, or anything else.
Scratch and sniff. How else
could you tell
with a single breath
that sunrise was coming?
11: Silver to cover
bad teeth and
57: Yellow, lest nature buffs
find themselves amidst
100: points of pure light
instead of fields
filled with dandelions.
45: Violet. Velvet.
49: Coal, when black
isn't nostalgic enough.
A14: The oil rich chromes
don't wash off
with paint thinner, but
9: dry brush burnished brown
always has and always will.
