Saturations of Gray

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Color  permeates much of my thinking, story scenes
often arrive in rich Kodachrome tones.

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Yet, recently I found myself journaling through
an overcast morning and realized that gray carries its
own intensity.
Gray seeps in: a mist, a smoke, a smudge, a
dense gauze, a cloud-written sonnet, a drift
that obscures blue and summons
cemeteries out of past ashes.

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Gray tallies seasons of green, teal, gold,
burnt umber.
Gray slips into slumber and preens
the glossy feathers of the winged
dreamer.
Gray inhabits concrete like a flat ghost
and alters the shimmering view.
Gray gives birth to every rainbow.