red is always blood first /
even dried, red looks ready to drop /
insects know us better than ourselves /
where to bite /
where to lick our salt /
where to burrow /
they know under the skin /
we are all red /
saturating their many eyes /
with the possibility of what’s beneath /
red ignores borders /
bleeding outside defined space /
the painting leeches into the kitchen table /
staining mashed potatoes /
a sliced toe hue /
the border agents avoid decorating in red /
they know it can spread easily /
mouth stains just wide enough /
to pucker internationally /
rothko teased red was /
an idea first /
where ever applied /
it will escape /
red tyrannizes landscapes /
beheads portraits /
forces a summary on any abstract /
that lands as a stain /
on a sunday lap
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