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The sun is really white you know
Because it’s light
I know
White light has all the colors
And our atmosphere acts like a prism
Giving us orange and yellow and sometimes green
Did you know in Japan they see a red sun
I know
All around the world we see the sun
In different ways
As if it were made in different shades
For everyone
I know
But no one’s ever seen
A purple sun
Not even in Japan
The boy stopped coloring
Put the wrapperless purple crayon into the box
Closed the lid
He crumpled up
His picture of the sun
Hanging low in the mountains
And threw it in the trash
The man got it out of the trash
Uncrumpled it
I'm sorry he said
I know
I shouldn’t have said anything
It's just
I know
It's a damn good picture
Is it a sunrise or a sunset
I don’t know
The man looked out the window
At the still life outside
Imitating art
Neither do I, son
Neither do I