Spilling from
Crystal, the wine
Seeps into clean sheets
Starting to stain,
Like blood bleeding
Through
Bandages
And splotches of
Crayon …
Crayons the color
Of trucks that
Fly through
Stop signs
Screaming and wailing
Racing for souls
Of unknowns
Oozing life
On a road …
A winding road
Like ribbon
Round a box of
Valentine chocolates
Strawberry filled
Tucked up in petals
Which fell
From 12 perfect
Roses delivered
At Noon …
At noon
Halfway before sunset
Half after dawn
Where the orb as
Pressed berries
Gone dry
Fizzes through
A water the color
Of fire …
Fireworks that
Splashing in a night sky
Make magical,
Whimsical flowers
Up high
Dribbling sparkles
Which glow
And explode into
Danger
Danger of angry bulls
Snorting and charging
At billowing capes
Like a bull’s-eye
As easily as
A Target store billboard
With spots on it
Spots that glow
On two florid
Cheeks
Cheeks that are
Flushed
As bright as
A hooker’s
Scarlet lipstick and long
Finger nails
Or spiky stilettos
Which all match the
Carpet
The Carpet of Oscar
The stars all swan down
There’s passion and
Anger,
And diamonds and lust
Rubies on fingers
So dripping from necks
Match cardinal glow
Of the robes
Robes of the priest
Hats of
The ladies club
Shoes that took Dorothy
Back home from Oz
It spells hope
Also communism
Yet sometimes
A district, a sports car
A flag
Flag football!
Wear it to win sports
Boston Sox do it
The Patriots, the Pistons,
And the USC Trojans
Most Ferraris are it
A herring, a dwarf,
Hot chili peppers
Heat then anger
Anger and lust
It’s pain and it’s love
It’s sanguine, vermillion
Bloodshot or blooming
It’s blush - it is garnet
Carmine or damask
Healthy
Inflamed
Ruby and ruddy
It’s so many things
Seen and unseen
But now
Just today
‘cause I saw
In my head
This complex
Variety
Is called simply
RED
WOW! i love this - so many many tremendous images, and i think i'm going to try an exercise of paragraphs linked by the start/end word. such a treat to read - thanks Cath! xx
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