Colours of the Week Copyright © Sally Anne Adams 2011

Monday, blue as a uniform
blue as Quink in the squat
square jar. Monday always blue
and Tuesday so much brighter,
lighter like a hazel catkin.
Tuesday the colour of pollen.
Wednesday, not full of woe
but the colour is weathered,
the brown of cherry bark
and polished outdoor shoes.
Thursday is black, the letters
carved in granite and Friday
when you must eat fish
is golden like Mazola
like a perfect chip
from the pan. Saturday
is sandy yellow, warm
before cool frosted
Sunday. White white Sunday
like the perfect icing
on a wedding cake or flocking
on a First Communion dress.
I know the colours of those days.
The colours do not run,
they are fast.