Yellow

Yellow is the name of a famous song by Coldplay

the name of the song is Yellow

I know because one year at camp, where only the pines

try to be yellow

That piano played all day, at breaktimes

"Look at the stars"

"I drew a line"

"Hold onto something"

I remember

not because of the incessant melody

but because I proclaimed "pee," as in, urine

in a word association Evening Program game

You can guess what he said, follow

by my turn: "Coldplay"

and the crowd shifted mockingly

until I won, so

my opponent was whaled on the back with a mallet

Author's Note

Written the week of 17 June through 24 June