Black and White Films Are Better

 

I wish I had never seen red.

I would give up ripe tomatoes and wine.

 

I wish I had never seen blue.

I would give up the migration of indigo buntings.

 

I wish I had never seen green.

I would give up my tree and cilantro.

 

I wish I had never seen yellow.

I would give up canary wings, lemon-butter.

 

I wish I had been born into a colorless world,

of no difference.

No blood.

No bluebabies.

No gangrene.

 

For no more bruises,

I would give up summer grapes,

milk with blackberries,

and, along the fence, my purple irises.

 

                               -----------Bonnie Roberts

 

 

Bonnie Roberts is author of collections To Hide in the Light, Dances in Straw with a Two-Headed Calf (Elk River Review), and Greatest Hits (Pudding House).

 

"Black and White Films," Previously published in To Hide in the Light (Elk River Review, Athens, AL)

 

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