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Christmas Kind Of Colors
“A neon sign, the color, well
Christmas kind of colors y’know?
Like ruby red and pine tree green?
Sort of somber like that, a sign in a sea of signs.
But sort of sparkling against the window.
Maybe It had the name of the diner on it?
The place was too empty to really tell.
Been empty for a while by the looks of it.
Just an old tiled floor and some chrome bar stools.
Pretty sure there used to be a bar in there.
And some tables around the edge. I liked those I think.
White on the tops and marble around the edges.
Or was the other way around? Or were they blue?
Anyways, It was dark out but the light from the thing
Sort of shined on the snow on the ground.
It’s snowed a lot here the past few days.
It’s pretty, untouched and all that. Real cold.
The colors mixed though, from the neon?
Made sort of a nasty piss yellow.
Light mixes differently than paint y’know.
Red and green makes like a piss yellow.
Or, these ones did. It made me feel a little bit sick.
And a kind of sad I think.
Anyhow, just call back when you get the chance I guess.
Love you.”
Christmas kind of colors y’know?
Like ruby red and pine tree green?
Sort of somber like that, a sign in a sea of signs.
But sort of sparkling against the window.
Maybe It had the name of the diner on it?
The place was too empty to really tell.
Been empty for a while by the looks of it.
Just an old tiled floor and some chrome bar stools.
Pretty sure there used to be a bar in there.
And some tables around the edge. I liked those I think.
White on the tops and marble around the edges.
Or was the other way around? Or were they blue?
Anyways, It was dark out but the light from the thing
Sort of shined on the snow on the ground.
It’s snowed a lot here the past few days.
It’s pretty, untouched and all that. Real cold.
The colors mixed though, from the neon?
Made sort of a nasty piss yellow.
Light mixes differently than paint y’know.
Red and green makes like a piss yellow.
Or, these ones did. It made me feel a little bit sick.
And a kind of sad I think.
Anyhow, just call back when you get the chance I guess.
Love you.”
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