Anna Madorsky

Lyrics

It happened there in yellow
refracting like a light
One jumpstep to inbetween,
she grew a double sight.
The double then was doubled
And a double after that
Eight ways to yellow,
each a shade, a color ready made
For one head intact.

She’s sunny-side up and rich as gold
She’s spring daylight to warm your soul
A daffodil, a buttercup
Banana splits to float back up
After the yellow leaves of autumn
Fall through such a bitter freeze,
The caged canary bird will sing,
The honey will drip for the bees
And undo all her lemon memories
Of yellow.

If you need a hero
She could be a friend
If you need a mother, brother
She’d be there till the end.
None among are cowards,
some are like the sun
They burn in shifts of isolation
To keep her planets warm.

She’s sunny-side up and rich as gold
She’s spring daylight to warm your soul
A daffodil, a buttercup
Banana splits to float back up
After the yellow leaves of autumn
Fall through such a bitter freeze,
The caged canary bird will sing,
The honey will drip for the bees
And undo all her lemon memories
Of yellow.

As sweet as meringue.