some numbers are prettier than others

neater and cleaner and safer

there isn't always a reason

for example

i can't explain why monday is yellow

tuesday blue wednesday green thursday purple

friday and saturday red

sunday yellow like monday

like butter

like the forsythia bush your mother tends to

like the summer dress you didn't buy last week

because it made you cry at the mirror

and like the sunlight through the window

 

you stare up at the glass entranced

lying on your kitchen floor in a blessedly empty house

friday's hue striping your left wrist and right thigh

you're thinking that today would be a nice day to die.