Saturday, May 25, 2013

Lemons (Color Poem 4)


Lemons
     Yellow

My hands shake as
I nervously flip the notepad.
“Lemonade,”
the blonde murmurs.
“Just a glass of lemonade.”

She doesn’t meet my eyes,
only stares
at the glinting glass table in front of her.
I wonder if it is normal
to order lemonade so early.
Do we even sell lemonade
this early?

I carefully bring out her drink,
the first order I’ve taken,
noticing the shining sunrise
beaming through the window
causing the white daffodils to appear tinted yellow
- similar to the yellow of the lemon
wedged on the glass in my hands.

“Anything else?”
I ask.
I place the lemonade in front of her.
She shakes her head and still stares as
the sun continues to rise
and the object of her attention
that I hadn’t noticed before
reflects enough light to draw my eye:

a small, diamond-clad band,
lying alone on the table.

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