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DEW #4b "2:22 and thinking of you" [27]

2:22 and thinking of you

There is nothing bluer than deep blue
over the hurting-eye green of Kansas
after spring rains have rinsed prairie dust
so we can see clearly past the horizon
where Oklahoma red lies a deep shade of rust.

But bruises and blue-bonnets bloom then fade
under the heat of a relentless sun. No —
there's nothing bluer than blue unless it's eye-blue,
a color I cannot remember and can't quite forget,
once I have fallen into your depths.

© Copyright 2021 Kåre Enga [178.27]

Inspired by a poem written by Rhyssa

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Earlier version:

There is nothing bluer than deep blue
over the hurting-eye green of Kansas
after spring rains have washed away prairie dust
so we can see clearly past the horizon
where Oklahoma red lies a deep shade of rust.

But bruises and blue-bonnets bloom then fade
under the heat of a relentless sun. No —
there's nothing bluer than blue unless it's eye-blue,
a color I cannot remember, and can't quite forget,
as soon as I've fallen into your depths.