BURNT UMBER

Burnt umber lurks

In the alley depths,

In the broken places

Of tenement streets,

In the corners

And cracks of buildings

Long abandoned.

A flat death is raw umber,

A color for shadows,

And cold moonless nights.

Cut from mulched earth

Near black,

Burnt umber is a color

To bury joy

Or shape fear.


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