Mississippi Yellow & Kinmen Blue

 Mississippi Yellow and Kinmen Blue

A Cafe in Kinmen

Mississippi-- a home of dandelions

encompassed by a baby blue-lavender

sky. Warm, embracing-- a place of yearning.

Mississippi awaits my return. I hear 

the prayers of safety and assurance

protecting me, each and every day. 

I miss that old yellow house surrounded

by dark green vines and yellow brown

tree stumps and blue and black butterflies.

I miss the familiar smells of thinner, 

crispy air and the small seismic shifts 

of boosted bass music underneath cars.

Kinmen-- a haven of Longan honey

with a sky so richly blue and yellow.

Warm, inviting-- a place of fate.

Beige sidewalks surrounding my

sundried red brick apartment lead 

to streets lined with red and gold.

Here, I smell eucalyptus and

peppermint leaves and hear the 

scooter revving overtake the quiet.

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