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

Date: 3/24/2023 7:24:00 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

Date: 3/9/2023 5:33:00 PM

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

Evelyn Judy Buehler
Date: 3/10/2023 11:42:00 AM

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

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/9/2023 6:37:00 PM

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

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 3/8/2023 1:06:00 PM

Perhaps she just wanted to be noticed.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/8/2023 7:36:00 PM

Perhaps she did... and she was.

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 3/8/2023 8:31:00 AM

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

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/8/2023 7:45:00 PM

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

John Lawless

Date: 3/8/2023 5:09:00 AM

maybe she was trying to challenge the rainbow

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/8/2023 7:47:00 PM

Maybe she was... Prism of ism

Valsa George

Date: 3/7/2023 9:15:00 PM

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

Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/8/2023 7:54:00 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.)