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Interview with the Color Purple

“Tell me, Purple, do you envy your sisters? Do they envy you in the shy morning mist?” “Pink-Dawn and Day-Blue, both cheerful and pretty paint the wide sky in sunlit visions. I bruise the clouds and make them weep with rain to turn the grasses green. I envy them not, nor they me. We each take turns to paint the scene. And sometimes, at the edge of days, see us together: Purple, Pink and Blue and Gray!”

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Date: 5/8/2025 7:26:00 AM
"...the edge of days" is such a beautiful expression for sunset or sunrise. Both times are equally lovely, as if those colors are painted and blended with the Master's brush.
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Date: 5/8/2025 6:13:00 AM
A lot of emotions this poem..
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Jeanette Swan
Date: 5/8/2025 6:21:00 AM
I have a friend who doesn't like purple because it reminds her of bruises... but colours have many moods. Thanks for commenting. J :)

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