Color Coding
From any night time
I can make you out
Where you blend,
Because you blend
With one exception—
Black-mesh bonnet,
Black general’s suit,
(The shoulder-buttons
Of Napoleon, medals
Neck to an inch
Outward of the
Glenohumeral joint)
And then, twelve o’clock –
Bright-green shoes give you
Away through the dark,
Among window-shoppers
Appalled, jealous
That your colors render
You the night’s
Unmistakable centre.
