What Is White

faces tinted by 
          the canon of complexion…
             flesh colored crayons


Note – In the early 1960’s the flesh colored
Crayola Crayon was changed to pink beige
            due to “social concerns”.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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January 27, 2018 at 7:06 PM
Your poem brought me back in time to the 60's...very creative crayola :)
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January 22, 2018 at 8:59 AM
Great senryu David.. But not all flesh is white...
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