colourful character

lady with
egg-shell blue hair
five watches strapped to
skinny wrist
eyes darting
always keeping time
standing
knuckles white, bruised
gripping the bus seat
pastel green skirt
swinging
we stop, you descend
in your purple shoes
enter
bloomingdales
no doubt to buy another
pink hat
making three
piled precariously atop your
curls
don't leave me,
my mystery
muse
i too want to
live in
colour