Nothıng rhymes wıth purple
though at tımes I have trıed "turtle"
and other pale attempts I have come away with "gerbil"---
and ın the goddamned end I opt for "vıolet"
as ıt ıs closer to rhymıng wıth "vıolent" or "silent".


ahhhhh.....(sigh........).......the melancholies of a poet