What if exhaust fumes were purple...
City buildings
bathed in amethyst,
and windows
tinted to wisteria.
Lunching on plum benches
in a bruised park,
sunflowers nodding magenta.
Would washing machines
whirl out
the debonaire sweat of Unicorns
and surfers watch
storm water run
into a periwinkle sea?
Perhaps then,
we might look up
and notice the sky
presaging endless thunder.
I’ve heard this said before – that if CO2 emissions were visible, we would curb them. But the purple adds an extra visual layer which works well and is quite startling!
Purple was my favorite color, but now I’ll never see it the same way again. Thanks a bunch.
Seriously well-done “What If” though. My thumbs are up.
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Many thanks, Ron. 🙂
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I’ve heard this said before – that if CO2 emissions were visible, we would curb them. But the purple adds an extra visual layer which works well and is quite startling!
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👍 Brilliant. I can see the headlines now…Purple Pollution Cuts Carbon Complacency!
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If all things were purple, I’d be happy!
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Lol. I think my poem has failed to make its point then.
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😀
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