Pacific Street

Yellow,
a man thinks one morning over eggs
and hires a painter to paint the front door.

Reminds me of Tuscany,
his neighbor says into a cordless phone
then looks down at her toes.
What is that red, the name of the flower
that was her mother's favorite?

Geraniums, the complete encyclopedia,
lays open on a short wall with other
paperbacks about surgery or suicide.

A woman takes them.

There are so many things
she does not know
about herself.

Michelle Meier is a writer, teacher and artist from New York City. She holds a BA in Art History and an MFA in Photography and Related Media. She is currently at work completing her first collection of poems.