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Poetry by pepe nero

Living In The Negative World


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dawn
the green sun
rises

brightening orange
sky illuminates
black popcorn clouds

pale blue skin lady love
in white panties and bra
has painted her nails green

she opens
deep orange eyes
smiling
black teeth sparkle
in the morning dark

It is spring
trees in multitudinous
red glory

fall will come
& they will be clothe
in green splendor

Tonight, if a clear sky
my lady and I
will venture out,
marvel at the
full purplish moon
& thousands of black stars
in the bright night light



 



 

 

 

 

When we see an object and it's color, what we are seeing is the color(s) (wavelengths) that have not been absorbed by the object, but have been rejected and bounced back to the receptor, be it a camera or your eyes. This suggest, very strongly, that is object's true color is the opposite of what we see.

That makes all Caucasians purple, and all, so called 'blacks' an incredibly beautiful sky blue.

It makes black white, and white black.

In short, the true color of things are the way that they appear in a color negative.

Which brings me to an old favorite of mine:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







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