Poetry

Pink and grey

Pink and grey
are adjectives used to describe the decor
behind many corporate Ladies' Room doors
chosen to divert, not call attention to the function of the place
Replace them
with shades duly deemed to remind the interred
of the colour of issues we witness occur
they would be diverse, not decoration but admission of the facts

Black and puce
would symbolise all the forbidden display
of the bleeding inside and the wiping away
of the honest self, no disruption of production with our pain

Red and green
would picture obsession with body and fat
A mirror adjudicates when we retract
or let loose our life, not claim existence beyond the context of our shape

Baby blue
Agony, joy - thin walls separate twain
who grasp the same destiny holding their stained
indicator strips, reproduction adding friction to our lives
loved and not

Secrets we share with the fixtures and tiles
would colour translate in a lunatic style
honest but unkind. For consolation in affliction we would choose
pink and grey