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The Color Red

October 25, 2010
By NotHere898 BRONZE, Herndon, Virginia
NotHere898 BRONZE, Herndon, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"It doesn't matter, because we're all going to die anyway!"


I sketch a picture. I color it with blood.
I color it with the ambition of an ancient god, the spicy scent of a Mexican dinner.
I color it with undercooked meat served so that juice squeezes out when I impale it on my fork.
I color it with simplicity, a color stripped down to the barest essentials.
I color it with a ribbon perfectly placed atop a gift that is expected (Today is Christmas, after all), and yet completely surprises me at the same time.
I color it with the sun as it prepares to vanish from sight below the silhouette of the tree line.
I color it with failure, the letters in the words “GAME OVER.”

The author's comments:
This was actually a Mental Stretch assignment from my Creative Writing Teacher. I liked how it turned out, so I submitted it here.

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