red is splashy

isn’t it

the color of

anger,

hunger,

passion,

and
 
 

some Mike & Ike’s…

Primary to Christmas

you have to ask yourself,

would Christmas be as

Christmas(ee)

without green?

Survey says no

–as do poinsettias

naturally

when they’re feelin’ chatty.

ask Alice.

 

Yellow is red’s

close second.

Bright enough to blind,

it represents.

word

and those words might encompass

sun,

intellect,

at work

warnings,

and

brick roads…

a bitch to keep tidy

Easter, too,

Easter would less eggy altogether

beaters

wouldn’t it,

without yellow, but you have to ask yourself,

where would Easter be without purple to complement

all that brilliant yellow?

I can’t say…

or see–on account of the blackout shades worn to mitigate

all

-that

–brilliant

—yellow…

 

Blue.

Blue must be mentioned

passive-aggressively

but mentioned

…

missing celebration

it nevertheless

calls images to mind

“hey images!!”

images like

sky

okay: sky.

bells,

books,

bluebirds,

happy twits

and

moons…

okay: one

and ubiquitous as blue might be

you have to ask yourself

I insist

where would blue be without orange?

Van Gogh insists, too, and quite possibly first.

 

The primary point being:

what comes next

seconds

is every bit as vital as that which

preceded it.

rainbow.

©Karen Robiscoe

prompt: all the pretty colors