Color War

Her tangerine wallet
    clashed with her marmalade purse 

  Purple pleated pedal-pushers
    just made things much worse

  No eye had she for integration
    her colors smacked of segregation

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Marikate Kingston

March 24, 2023 at 7:24 PM

I paint tiny canvases Gershon, so I love color. Your first two lines are so cool. Oh gosh, there I go dating myself again! "Cool" Pedal pushers sound like shoes Lena Horne might have worn as a child. I'd love a pair, a shiny pair with giant, fancy, whistling buckles. I enjoy your poetry so much.

Evelyn Judy Buehler

March 9, 2023 at 5:33 PM

Maybe she's trying to make a fashion statement. I think she did it! :D

Evelyn Judy Buehler

March 10, 2023 at 11:42 AM

What a nice thought! Diamonds look great with anything. ;)

Gershon Wolf

March 9, 2023 at 6:37 PM

You certainly have a point, Evelyn. She probably looks a bit like 'Judy in the Sky with Diamonds!'

Shirley Hawkins

March 8, 2023 at 1:06 PM

Perhaps she just wanted to be noticed.

Gershon Wolf

March 8, 2023 at 7:36 PM

Perhaps she did... and she was.

Linda Alice Fowler

March 8, 2023 at 8:31 AM

uhoh, gw. I think pleated pedal ushers might be the worst of the lot. laf :)

Gershon Wolf

March 8, 2023 at 7:45 PM

Pleated petal-pushers --- I gotta take a ride in the 'Wayback Machine.'

John Lawless

March 8, 2023 at 5:09 AM

maybe she was trying to challenge the rainbow

Gershon Wolf

March 8, 2023 at 7:47 PM

Maybe she was... Prism of ism

Valsa George

March 7, 2023 at 9:15 PM

But there is a strange beauty in assorted colors! Interesting poem Gershon.

Gershon Wolf

March 8, 2023 at 7:54 PM

'Strange beauty,' eh?! I just bought a pair of bright pink paisley pants with streaks of vomit-stained yellow here and there. How's that for strange?! (Just kidding, of course. I only wear skirts.)

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