Colors
My skin is sort of brownish
Pinkish yellowish white.
My eyes are greyish blueish green,
But I'm told they look orange in the night.
My hair is reddish blondish brown,
But it's silver when it's wet.
And all the colours I am inside
have not been invented yet.
–– Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), American writer, poet, cartoonist, songwriter, playwright
Source: Shel Silverstein. Where the Sidewalk Ends. 1974, p. 24.
via: Sketchbook 25, 2015, p. 42.
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