there are many ways to create brown -
California sky-blue mixed
with Princeton-orange, or
vermillion mingling like tears
with dreams
of green pastures
the arc of brown representation is long
but it refracts through a prism,
bends towards accent-less beige -
the diaspora confuses
its dais for a stage,
milk for honey
for some lucky ones are born American,
some achieve Americanness (dyeing passports),
but mostly we have America thrust upon us
through dinner screens that are still
only skinny mirrors; there are colors
and then there are colours
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