ORANGES
sometimes I’m sorry I was not
all green and yellow lights.
Vantablack
The visual cortex begins to interpret images and even change them before it even processes fully what they are, meaning that we often see things that aren’t actually there.
Liver and White and Everything Nice
She was also, I should add, a very bad little dog, at least in the day-to-day business of dogging.
To the Woman at Kohl’s Who Gave Me Permission to Love My Pale White Skin
But I have to remind myself that the difficulty of others’ situations does not invalidate my own.
#e38d1c
The pencils are another matter.
New Kid and the Power of a Gold Sticker
I remember kids’ delight in the graphic novel section, the way they stacked book after book in their arms. But I also remember parents’ reactions when their kids reached that shelf.
Cerulean Waves
I run down the dune to be closer to the water and it feels like I’m flying. I don’t think about climbing back up.
sometimes the blue’s just a passing bird
it’s curious, the way we’re all tinted.
Her Sapphire Eyes
There’s something about the spotless sky and sixty-degree temperature that makes me wonder if God is personally sending an answer to our house like a speedy Prime delivery.
Chantilly Lace, Benjamin Moore OC-65
Somewhere between coats two and three you realize that four gallons and the anticipated three coats will not be nearly enough to snuff out the old colors.
