This shirt is salmon pink,
a new, tight-fitting shirt for a man.
A man bold enough for pink, for a stiff collar and a tight weave.
Who conceals the limp from his plantar fasciitis on his way across the grocery store parking lot this fine spring day.
This day so supreme it might as well be yucking it up with summer and it is,
they’re cozying up in the corner and everyone’s heads are turned
at this man in a new pink shirt
with his reusable tote and just-washed car showing no signs of wear and tear,
good tires,
lots of tread still.
Bill Pearse 
I like the image of spring and summer cozying up in the corner. It makes me smile.
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Yay to the smiles! Thanks for letting me know and for reading!
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https://www.iflscience.com/brain/pink-isnt-real/ 😁
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There is no P in ROYGBIV! True that! Good to hear from you my old Jesus Lizard buddy…
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I tried to see if an analogy could be drawn between your post and this infobit, but nada… Pink also used to be THE color for baby boys, fun fact. https://www.rd.com/article/pink-for-boys/ (I’m on a roll 😅)
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Roll with it! And I’ve heard that pink is the one color that will drive people mad, based on experiments done with prisoners.
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Just heard a podcast about that experiment, funnily enough, it calmed them for about 15 minutes first
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I know! You and I are tapped into the same station it seems
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I’m ripping through the You are not so smart episodes, felling dumber every day 😂
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I’m reminded of me stupidity a myriad ways every day.
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One hell of poetry Bill and need I say more, “A man bold enough for pink…”
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Thanks Vishal! Great to hear from you old friend!
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Love it: bold enough for pink
Here’s to free thinking (and dressing) vs adhering to conventional “norms”
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Amen to that! Let your freak flag fly!
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By the way, which one’s Pink?
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Well played!
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So it seems colours are just like poetry, “a sensation that arises within the brain” and perhaps doubly so when dressed in pink.
It’s very nice to wake to read this and to find myself ‘in the pink’ too.
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Well greetings David and I hope today is better than yesterday for you! And all of us, for that. I understand Mercury is in retrograde for the next few weeks so I guess we’re all a bit fucked.
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I’m glad I looked that bit about Mercury up. No meaningful decisions will be taken today. Not even to get new tyres.
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Though I think this came from Mindscapes
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