grass green
pink
yellow
mauvey purple
sun orange
little-boy blue
—
everything is muted and hushed
like an early color photograph faded by time
there is a little girl whose soft c’s slur into “sh’s”
balloons as big as her carry the importance of the occasion
spreading the news far and wide
for her everything is brilliant but blurry
like looking through the wrong end of a kaleidoscope
big brown eyes stare solemnly up into the sky
watching the colors float away
wondering gently where they’ll land …
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