Green is surprising

  










                         We are talking
                         about the most
                         vulnerable hue
                         on shore. It's
                         our most prev-
                         alent; does it
                         so conceal our
                         wearing of it,
                         or do we?

A cuprous tan,

a furtive scan,

gathered, where

its coolness ran

green is how
his nature
draws a man.

Françoise Huguier
Martinique
1986