ANOTHER COLOR

  Give me your bright colors

  and unapologetic flares.

  Blind me with the simple sheen

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  of your tender courage

  and the satin of your joy.

  I do not fear the damp dew

  of your tears or the curled

  tips of your fear. I will swallow

  this color whole.