monochrome

Happiness went out in red,
having gloriously shed
the melodrama of monochrome black.
The sun's tendrilled arms reach out
to cast a metallic sheen
on everything it gleaned.
Succulent summer's on its way
to litter streets with party pants.


©2006 b.cisek

monochrome, adjective: 1 : of, relating to, or made with a single color or hue; 2 : involving or producing visual images in a single color or in varying tones of a single color (as gray) <monochrome film> <monochrome television monitor>
definition taken from merriam-webster online