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Changing Color
Cows love it, transforming green meadows
via cud, stomach and udder
into foaming white milk
Chameleons do it all the time
for them camouflage means survival;
mannequins in store windows don new hues
as seasons and fashions flash by
Politicians do it reluctantly
when disillusion sets in
Digestive tracts do it regularly to food
to the delight of flies and dog’s noses
Skin does it when exposed to sunlight
usually tanning brown except for pale Englishmen
who turn an angry red
South Africa did it under Mandela
and whites only signs disappeared overnight
Kaleidoscopes do it, paint does it
blood does it, rushing from artery to vein
guilt does it, bed sheets do it once a week,
sweet peas do it genetically
traffic lights do it frustratingly
Sunsets do it, twilight fading
into romantic black and white nights
© Johnmichael Simon
2018
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