she bought a yellow vase

it started

with a small vase found

at a flea

market. a porcelain

piece

for a five dollars, marked

down from eight.

it was yellow.

a bright

canary yellow.

she set it on the sill

in the kitchen

and put some daffodils

in it.

the next

day

there were curtains

on

the window. a pale

shade

of yellow.

then the rug beneath

the table

became yellow.

when i came home

from work,

she showed

me a paint

chart

and told me that she

wanted the walls

a different color.

yellow of course.

so i did.

soon, her dress was yellow

her hair

too.

there were bananas

in a bowl

on the table.

sticks of butter were

left out on the counter.

she started drinking egg nogg,

and eating

yellow peppers

for dinner.

no more fea markets for her.