Diversities of Gray
Collage & Poetry by Kathy Cotton
Diversities of Gray
My eyes scissor down
this bolt of asphalt
with dingy white selvage
unfolding toward a band
of silver crepe sky,
pressed thin beneath
layers of pearled sateen,
somber business flannel,
slate and charcoal wools.
Utility poles, like old needles
with drab thread,
push even stitches
along the highway’s edge.
Content without extremes
of black and white,
I wrap myself
in the soft shades
of an overcast day.
©Kathy Cotton
