Health & Fitness
A Sea of Beige
To understand this piece one should see The Museum. When I rebuilt The Museum my wife insisted upon all neutral colors. What we got was a beige museum.
I’m drowning in a sea of beige
Its latex waves crash upon my shores,
Its lifeless waves wash away grains
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Of color from my beach
Until all is merged in its sea.
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Meant not to offend this
Neutral tint is offensive to me,
It robs me of life giving contrast.
It takes away all
While adding nothing.
Beige is not a color
It is a statement, it says
I shall not offend -
I will not stand out
Except in my sameness.
Any statement with other tints
Is soon covered by
Beige’s relentless tide
And swept away to sea
To die a lonely death.
I cry out for brightness,
For contrast.
but my prayers
Are met with the
Muted silence of beige.
Beige!
The very word
Offends my senses
And threatens my being
With its muted existence.
This monotone monster
Follows me as
I retreat into my corner,
My refuge, my sanctuary.
But its sameness engulfs me.
Its liquid viscosity
Permeates my soul.
It overwhelms me
Until at last -
I become BEIGE!