Nice to think of the colours of place
all our colours have a u in them. It makes them a little less bright and
definite, more shaded.
I had a neat response to you calling me a capitalist but I have forgotten
it. I'll have to be a forgetful capitalist.
bw
SallyE
on 12/1/04 5:32 pm, Gary Blankenship at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Once Upon a Time in Mexico
>
> Why is Miami the color of eggs
> fried over-medium and Colby cheese,
> and not of South Beach discos -
> pale turquoise and peach
> washed with mold?
>
> Why is Vegas the color
> of Dollar Store Christmas lights
> and tie-dyed mustard
> instead of back street casinos in Reno -
> purple chips floating in the bottom of a pool
> and day old buffets?
>
> New York fades into LA,
> Minneapolis slides towards St. Paul,
> Seattle remains gray and moss green,
> a coffee-laden cliché
> that'll never be mistaken for Nogales.
>
> Every small town seems painted
> with the same palette -
> a mix of Wal-Mart,
> McDonald's,
> 7-11,
> Castles -
> A and W orange now a pho shop,
> the 88 cent store an antique store,
> its goods made mid-90's.
>
> I would return to the pure tints of Jalisco,
> to melon daiquiris,
> outlaw iguanas,
> butterflies and parrots,
> to baby turtles struggling against the tide;
> but I'm as gray as the sand at Wash-A-Way Beach,
> as stuck to place adventureless
> as a clam in Mukilteo mud.
>
> Dry river beds fill with condos
> and cross walks
> the color of ruptured tires
> and snow piles in the mall parking lot.
>
> Dolphins split the Sea of Cortez,
> gray whales stir Banderas Bay;
> Fargo is
> and Tacoma.
>
> Writer's Hood, the best poetry on the web, at http://www.writershood.com/
> Poets for Peace.... ¡Poemas sí, balas no!
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