how to be as passive as orange:
\nwhich came first? The fruit or the orange?
\n“oh, I’m sorry. you can go first.”
\nbring books to the lunchroom
\nand hide in obscure color wheels
\nlet bully neighbor red claim to be the opposite of blue
\npiss your pants in stores because you’re too afraid
\nto ask your dad to go to the bathroom.
\ncry, but softly. learn that a warm washcloth
\nwill make your eyes less puffy.
\nmake your pillows run away because they want
\nto be screamed into, someone who knows
\nhow to speak above a whisper.
\nwrite all your fonts in size 11 calibri, all lowercase,
\nbecause old red’s gotta monopoly on that times new roman.<\/p>\n
blue is looking for you
\nshe’s spewing the advice her grandma told her
\nabout how opposites attact.
\nshe smells like her grandma’s old cats,
\nand she has a new quilt, too
\nalong with a bit of a belly that wasn’t there before.
\ndo you want her? red wants her more,
\nhe’s the one outside her door,
\nleaning against mustang car doors,
\nschmoozing her mother with two bouquets of flowers
\nand giving her father the best goddamn handshake
\nhe’s ever had in his life.
\nhave you ever wanted anything
\nmore than anyone, everyone else?
\nhave you ever wanted anything?
\ncan you even feel her?
\nshe’s burning summer blues
\nand you’re the rotten fruit on the ground.
\nshe could be the death of you–
\naren’t you excited?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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