FrancEyE Amber Spider, Pearl Editions: Long Beach, Ca, 2004
Blue
That blue
with just a question of lavender
there in the south
so perfect behind the four fan-palm tops
with their orange-yellow
with their yellow-orange
with their citrus streaks
looks good but is not
the blue I want
in a sky today
Straight up it's dark
and pours rays hot on my head.
I'm breathing but it's not fun
everything hurts just a little
That's the way life was
with you
Mama
so beautiful,
but something was just not
the color I needed
Then
when I cried
when I cried
I'm crying still
the sky
is not quite
the right blue
today
that's all.