I asked, when we met,
what your favourite colour was,
you said it was brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d never heard that,
but you gave it away, like \u2013
it wasn\u2019t precious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re celestial.
platinum is wallpaper,
earth is galactic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can see it now.
Brown \u2013 the way it is to you \u2013
a rainbow in one hue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s not the colour
of mud and dirt and bruises,
lice, and house spiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s autumn mornings,
warm coffee and caramel,
lightly toasted toast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Squirrels and cellos,
sunset lightshow filtered through
your hair like stained glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freckles as star maps:
individuality,
spray-painted on skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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