Beads

seeing beads everywhere after mardi gras

 

The flavor of New Orleans,
Purple, red and green,
Everywhere you've seen,
Everywhere you've been,
The colors glare,
Stare,
Out of the ordinary,
Dusty broken,
Just a token,
Of extravagant revelry,
Masked,
Tradition,
Superstition,
In chests,
Blessed,
Under a child's swing,
Inside a King...
cake,
Under the grass,
In stacks,
On the shelves,
Where elves,
Wander,
In off season,
No reason,
Is needed,
For everything,
Is beaded.

 

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