By way of explanation for my coat:
It's yellow. You can see it from Peru.
It's not exactly worth a fashion note,
Or footnote even. What it lets me do
Is tell you that I'm here (or over there)
In spite of feeling timid or depressed.
In spite of real, DSM IV despair,
It helps me stand out strongly from the rest.
And there've been times I've needed such a boost:
Two years ago, I had my darkest hour,
And total strangers got a little juiced
When struck by such an awesome yellow's power,
They'd say, "Hello!" And I'd say, "How are you!"
And then we'd say hello the next day, too.
It wasn't much, but it was just enough,
Sometimes when things had gotten really tough.
With such a yellow, people can't ignore me.
If I can't speak, my jacket does it for me.
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