In whorls of tea-grass,
here is where he’d stripe his line
of spotted brindle.
Born of a paintball
ootheca—spread to splatter,
hundreds of brushstrokes.
Siblings gathered form
umber dashes on beryl:
a single willow.
Jack Apollo Hartley (@jackpollyharts) thinks reading paint colors out loud is a very entertaining group activity. His work can be found in warning lines, Kissing Dynamite, perhappened, and other lovely places. He is the editor of HELL IS REAL (@HELLANTH).