Honest-to-God Color, God Said, for Artists
by Marianne Boruch
“Honest-to-god color, god said, for artists.
But first, graveyards, to grind the human femur
in secret, for bone black. And cuttlefish
for sepia, ingenious spray when they
fear things, which is mostly in that water.
For blue, miniature wars to come, pilgrimages,
and rapes some will consider a hobby […]”
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