Orange

butterfly weed

What is this unrhymeable color? Is it really so difficult to live with?

fungus beetle on varnish shelf

What kind of fidelity does it require?

horsebalm with periodical cicada

Does it start as a seed, like a carrot? Does it confer second sight?

red eft

Does it carry its hunger as we do, from sun to sun?

orange and blue

Why do the fire-worshippers call it red? Is it just superstition?

brickwork

Can it pay in any other coin but its own?

pine snag with doorway

In a world full of hazards, why can’t it hide?

broomsedge

What stops it from spreading to the sky?