RIC BASTASA Purple Poems

a friend of mine is obsessed with purple
she says it's a royal color
fits for kings and queens
and she feels like a princess
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remember how daughter lost her
purple crocodile purse
how mama goes to the counter of the hotel
reporting the matter
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purple petals in opulence
closer, hanging, in bunches
like lilac flares,
and cascading like
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in a purple world
lavender clouds

a violet day
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