Definition

I see you

               (empty to please,

the violet speckled iris 

going brown

going blue

going green

enveloping your flush

in the new, eagering

your cocoon to accept

the possibility of yellow

               (where begun

of trust where none.

But what dance

               (of word

is this where empty, eager

are inter-

changeable, where 

smite of color stands

               (for description

and decision

               (replacing despair

with a rich orange

               (giving fear

over to a sly ochre

               (replacing sloth

with a ropey lime;

more, what music is being

               (encircled with this (avoi)dance:

in plainer speak, why here

what now,

               (to what end:

plainer still:

what do I want?

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