I used to say I hated orange

don't knock it till you try it

so my friend says to me
"I don't like yellow".

"what do you mean",
I say,
"which yellow doth offend thee? you don't like lemon, mustard, banana, or vanilla ice? or maybe you just don't like the colour
of pee?"

all of them are yellow
but none of them
are the same,
you see?

I used to say I hated orange, I don't know why

maybe because it refuses to rhyme

then one fateful day
I found just the right dress
at just the right time
a shade off watermelon
and a hair off scandalous ...

I used to say the
same thing about
girls I'd never kiss
but that's another story
I don't have time for this ...

now I'll never again
say I hate orange
or anything else
except maybe Mondays
and my Ex,
but I tried those first.

Author's Note

oh just something silly

Reviews

[Caradoc]

"But I tried those first".

Exs and Mondays...hard not to hate those.

Good message though. Don't knock it til you try it. Nicely put, especially calling out how generalizations in general are bad.

Edit: I too am not particularly fond of most things that are orange or the fact it doesn't rhyme. lol I have yet to find a shade that catches my fancy.

-Cara

[Lyn Anderson]

That is funny. Yes, orange is an acquired taste in terms of colour. Just something light to take the pain away -- of doing taxes for two days with a broken hand and whiplash -- not a fun thing.:)

[Matching Socks]

Ouch, broken hand is no fun. Shame on you for not doing them sooner.
I won't even tell when I did mine! But I did book a ski trip to Tremblant over March Break with my return! What's this about whiplash? Car accident?

[Lyn Anderson]

The broken hand and the whiplash is from a car accident in January. I finally have an appointment with the surgeon this week. I wrote all about it in several pain poems plus the one called Hey Kev, and "Thoughts upon waiting for the Occupational Therapist"

[Matching Socks]

I'm sorry, I replied under the wrong thread. Sorry caradoc! I'll go one above now. And reply where I was supposed to.