RED

RED

[Written for the performance at Fallen Fruit’s (Austin Young and David Burns) Rainbow Day Trip – May 2, 2014 – My color was Red]

By Husam (Sam) Salman

It was a day like today

Sand warm, summer like,

Sun beaming and I was told

RED

And now…

Now I’m a motherfucking strawberry

In the motherfucking hot springs

Fallen Fruit

Oh this life, I’ve given you everything

And now I’m a strawberry

Me – Red

Ride rough faster lush – she powers

Through me, like rage

That I get to pump gas @ $4.56 a gallon

May 3, 2014.

My mind arranges itself

And the days discord – no rage

RED

Air through my veins

Fighting through love and

War – eternal body cut or tare

RED

Ever flows like life coursing

Human into action

Into anxiety and war

Don’t bother me, I’ve got

Enough on my mind

Epic soliloquy, this thing will

Not write itself, I’m left

Brained. So…it’s a no brainer

RED

I pour it into my glass everyday

I pour it into my glass everyday

I pour it into my glass everyday

Mushroom whisperer

I love you, have another sip

It never makes you feel any

Worse or better – just drunk

Shade

Shade

Shade

Shade

Shade

I won’t write this poem, until

I’m in my underwear or naked

On my pillow.

Red

Like the cut of your robe

Religious right, whose

Missionaries try to scare you

And say you’ll be left behind.

Old wives tales, stirring the pot

Bitches brew, toils and boils

…stirs in the red.

This bull charges at your red

With bitter passion

And soiled seas

RED

With your warmest touch

And sweet embrace

And lonely kiss upon my brow

RED

In that picture I couldn’t

Stop staring at, but just there

 In the corner, the one with the

Energy, the one with…

RED

(remove mask)

I wear no mask, I reveal the

Bitter truth, the unseasoned

Answer – strive for absolution

Without flaw or incident

RED

Like the peace and luck

Infused Flag of China

RED

Like Strawberries, tomatoes

And more

RED

Like rage brimstone and hellfire

RED

Like love and roses and

Irrational decisions

RED

Like blood in your veins…

…your rouge and lipstick

-          Runny Rainbow

RED

Like you

Like me

Red