umber [terra d’ombra earth of shadow]
large shadows of moving clouds mask you
between gray and brown:
dark brown
darker then ocher
darker then sienna
moderate brown
dark yellowish brown
olive-brown
reddish brown
ginger-brown
drabby-brown
dusky brown
olive-gray
dull gray
dark gray
no blue
scarcely green
a permanent pigment in raw state
darkening any view inside
rough for any appetite for color
at times a vivid spectrum
at times a sharp division
between brown and gray
fine-tuned by the weather the sea the moon
you are like the skies