coffee with cream
smoother.

salt with pepper
spicier.

black with white
gray.

except that
he is not white;
people call him white
but he is kind of pinkish beige.

and she is not black;
people call her black
but she is a lovely
rosy mocha brown color.

and I am not gray.

am I smoother for the mix?
perhaps.

am I spicier?
likely.

but gray?
no.

people ask me
frequently
what I am.

I tell them
I'm a poet.

10/16/2005