Rejection's refuse cast off as riff-raft
to roll around life's red rigamarole
was falsely given the black end of shaft
though it hath truest purple to extol
A contrast for meridians vanilla
subconsciously greened by deepest envy
as tongue fails to malign this stark villa
dipped like the bottom of the letter V
Every tainted whisper of rumor foul
as gossip compares not to its colors
which contort even the firmly fixed jowl
to ebony which never discolors








be well and be blessed




24 old applause
