sunrise in perth while I eat dinner

she will mock me for my words today
when she reads them tomorrow

this is her, in the red smock
the red hat
the red lipstick

this is her here too,
in the black shoes
with the black tooth
hidden in the back.

let me say nothing
to her softly

i'll scream

"This is me
in blue
blue jeans
blue shoes
blue socks"

"Blue!"
I'll scream.

"Blue!"
She'll say it softly,
but in her heart

it will only be read,
red
red

i bleed for her
she
only laughs
as I am blue.