PAD APRIL 2014 #19 COLOR POEM

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BROWN

I hate brown

I know it’s the color of the dirt

that grows the plants

that give us food and H2O

I know it’s the color of chocolate

gravy, hamburgers, and

my lovely daughter’s eyes

that she inherited from my father

but

I still hate brown

the final color of the leaves in the fall

and dog pooh

and mousy hair like mine

the way the grass and trees look

when they are dormant

any other color, even gray

anything but brown!