(chronological) color theories

i.

one thing I think is how I never thought I’d be like this

purple black dark blue cream

I wake up and remember

my two fingers and how another one

has sprouted up

next

to them

and I wonder why it deserves

to be there

dangling, so small

so different

its white bone shines

through the pink skin

and asks me who I wish to be

ii.

we sit on the bench

and talk about cancer

we talk about things

that will give you cancer

two things

cellphones

and newly constructed buildings

turqouise

pine green

pale pink

how joyful it is

to get to know

someone other

than myself

iii.

it never ceases

to amaze me

how simple

complicated things

can be

the three

ways to consider

the view

from this tower

the colors of mountain

of earth

and of sky

pale blue

eggshell

gold