You are a Walnut
There is Cotton and Snow
There is Parchment, Clay and Macaroon
Children should be named from the color they exude
white and black having n e v e r been seen among us
Gingerbread, Tortilla, Umber, Amber, Dijon, Fire, Gold
What is white but blindness
black but empty space
Sugar cookie, buttermilk, Bone, Cream, Lace
Daisy, Cotton, Hazel wood
Powder, Peanut, Ash
Sky or porcelain
name me for the color of my hair
For the iris of my eyes
For my breath in autumn air
Give me a name
Please
Give me a name
Please
Don’t call me
black or white
...or brown