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all the obvious shades

green
the dog scratches for a hairless dream
blue
my hard heart under a bowing bridge drifts toward a waterfall
red
all birds crowd into the same hemisphere
white
a tear jumps on the one piano key that's never been crossed by fingers
purple
all my lovers up to their asses in the same river of headlines
black 
defused warheads roll out of the preacher's eyes, splintering the pulpit, 
squashing his microphone like a rotten orange.
pink
an electric eel squirms into the ass of the underwater dreamer, his brains turning to coral,
his retinas registering nothing but swift TV blue
orange
the cat sips champagne with a human smile
yellow
a new sun stands beside the old and pulls me from my window
colorless
a rainbow ricochets through the mica of my pupils, dies in the mirror
a lampshade spins in the kitchen, covering the floor with toxic butter
we make love on the counter listening to the faucet drip through time
an insomniac curls up in a box of kleenex and blows his whole body
skin bronzed and cleansed by lack of sleep, i swim miles in bathtubs
shadows brush me like hidden fish, and an old tear gains a new skin
weighing on the geometry of my face, upsetting the house's balance
as fur obscures the colors of my clothes, all the pipes quit pumping 
every time a baby is born, god runs away from himself, screaming

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