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[Collaboration with "murchkin" NM: a collaged History of Crayola poem]
Crayola
First box in '03,
Red, Purple blue, orange, yellow, and green,
But in '26, many became history,
Death to English Vermillion, Venetian Red, Permanent Magenta,
and Van Dyke Brown—
Who woulda thunk it,
The bamboozling, the heist, the coup d' etat
Of colorocity.
All at the velocity of noon.
And then:
Van Dyke Brown changed to plain,
But still, it's pretty cool.
He could have just
Kept it the same,
But Granny Smith Apple lost
Her razzmatazz.
[nm and pmb]
Crayola
First box in '03,
Red, Purple blue, orange, yellow, and green,
But in '26, many became history,
Death to English Vermillion, Venetian Red, Permanent Magenta,
and Van Dyke Brown—
Who woulda thunk it,
The bamboozling, the heist, the coup d' etat
Of colorocity.
All at the velocity of noon.
And then:
Van Dyke Brown changed to plain,
But still, it's pretty cool.
He could have just
Kept it the same,
But Granny Smith Apple lost
Her razzmatazz.
[nm and pmb]
Labels: colorocity, sea foam green, velocity
posted by murat11 at 3:47 PM
4 Comments:
Such atrocity, the colorocity at the velocity of noon. Granny Smith Apple lost her razzmatazz. Don't say it, man, don't say it.
Good job, NM and PMB!
Thanks for that "atrocity," Ms San. I wuz lookin' for some other "-ocity" rhymes. But, by all accounts, she did lose it.
My first visit here, courtesy Lee and San. Great shot - and the previous post is a striking image too.
David: Thanks for your visit to Murat's Alley.
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