The blush of an adolescent girl
so different than the graying
quality of an old woman
differences acquired over time
the sun weathered farmer
similar to the crop worker
from across the border.
Sometimes matching
the dark purple hues
of the desert dwellers
and former slaves
black against the translucent tones
of people who live among the ice floes
with aquamarine eyes and platinum hair
sun burnt when left unprotected
wrinkled a thousand times
while the red heads freckle
instead of tan in contrast
to the olive color browns
of those who live along the Mediterranean.
Everyone becomes alabaster and ashen
when deceased but for those
who sustain the flow of blood,
earth colors of terra cotta and rose.
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