My Take
DiVoran Lites
Painting by DiVoran Lites
I like black, it goes with everything,
Makes me look pale and ethereal
Don’t like my coffee black, though.
Mother hated black because…
She had to sew a slew of tiny black buttons
On her Mother’s funeral dress.
Red was out for Mother, too,
Especially for church.
It was the color for floozies
I wear red to church
I wear black to church
It goes with everything.
I like to wear white.
I had a white nylon uniform when I
Worked in the beauty salon.
I washed it every night.
When I was pregnant I wore a halter
So my shoulders could help carry.
Black is the color of sleep
White is the all-color-ness of purity
Red is the color of our blood
Christ’s blood, too.
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