My Favorite Color – A New Poem

The color blue reminds me of my childhood
Of the cool ocean water crashing over me
As I laugh my way through summer on the coast
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My mother and her mother pack sandwiches
And beach sandwiches are the best sandwiches
My mother’s mother’s mother fries up breakfast scrapple
As my brother and I wake in the attic
Our sleep, the best sleep, in military cots thirty years old
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The sound of laughter and delightful screams
As us children chase each other around a seashell driveway
We take our meals on the screened-in porch
While the adults play cards into the night
We pilfer candy from a jar while everyone pretends not to notice
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The color blue sends me back in time
And allows me to remember what matters most
We become immortal through our memories
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