LobTail Regrets
Since changing into a cat
I cannot read anymore
The world has cats
and dogs
Cats that vomit up hairballs
in slime
Dogs that gobble it up
with glee
I wish there were more whales
that vomited verdigris
Is that green-grey?
(green prom dress made with love
to match my eyes
the wrong green
the wrong green
not chromium oxide green
not sap green
not olive green
the colour of seared leprechaun green)
No, Payne’s grey, verdigris
a mix of fine ash and bees wax
with kernels of golden squid beaks
Those whales, how they
spy-hop and make sweet!
I am hungry for
whale vomit
(via The Uffish Thumb)
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