About Purple

 

I asked you, on our walk back from the beach 

What's your favorite color 

You said you didn't have one 

Your favorite color was probably your dad's favorite color 

But only because it was premeditated, predictated 

I said, that's still a reason 

It's still your favorite color, you just have a story behind it 

You never asked me mine 

So I offered the information up, full of free will 

"Mine is gre-" 

"Do you remeber where we parked?" 

"But kelly green, not lime, the color of the carp-" 

"I think we need to cross here" 

"The carpet in my orthodontist's offic-"

"Actually it's one street up"

You didn't even know you were doing it 

But I think if I had had 

Blonde hair

With a big chest 

And a bikini 

(I had worn a black linen wrap dress to the beach)

Well, nevermind 

It's all maybe "If i-" 

And "I could have" 

But the truth is in the end 

That if you had wanted me

You would have paused on the corner, void of parking instructions 

And listened to me talk about green all day 

Pines, and grass, and carpet 

Nausea, pothos, envy 

Melon, basil, broccoli 

Matcha, jade, mint 

Nori, mungbeans, parakeets 

Peter Pan, pickles, wasabi

After I asked you all about purple.