Red Is

Red is deep in your mouth and your blood
Red is a ladybug Stop sign Morning sky

Yellow sunshine, pee in the yellow van
Light bulbs and headlights, a yellow sign means think twice

Orange is tiger stripes, the fruit, your mom's tights
Pumpkins and pumpkin pie, marbles in tiger's eye

Blue is deep water, the sky, the eye of your daughter
Mattie's hoodie is blue

Green is in all the trees, in all the moss, and the ships out at sea
Lettuce and fireflies, green lullabies

Brown is the flash of a hawk's wing, your dad's hair
Darjeeling, tree bark, a warm shade of dark

Gray is like the winter sky, or elephant skin, mud pie
River clay, dirty white is gray
Dirty white is gray

Black coffee, dark as night, like cast iron or lack of light
Eyeliner and cars, tires and drawing ink

White noise if you're sleepy, nap, big teeth
Shark attack, empty paper, clouds and bones

Magenta is pretty, hard to explain
Just like acid wash, fuchsia or teal or aquamarine, neon green

Well, purple, pink and white are your favorite colors
In a contest, they'd win the best prize for being colors
The best prize for being colors

Little babies, you are my favorite
In a contest, you would win the best prize for being babies
The best prize for being babies