We lean toward orange

Pick your paint colors... and live with the results.  When we moved here years ago, we chose a neutral color for the whole house.  We all agreed and the color is fine but really rather boring.  Our bright orange bathroom, in glossy tangerine, is anything but boring.  Indeed, with the white shiny floor tile, it was blinding.  With the tile change, it seems a better choice.  Now we don*t have to squint when we go in there.  Now we are considering a color for the kitchen.  

Obviously we lean toward

Orange.

The last time we made the mistake

Of gloss

Instead of eggshell.

Our downstairs bathroom

Shed a neon tangerine glow

In the white tiled hallway,

Even when the door

Was shut.

With more muted tile

Underway,

The orange gloss

Is now

Almost palatable.

We can look in the bathroom mirror

And not

Be blinded.

Now it*s time

For the kitchen.

We still seem to lean

Toward orange,

Even though the conversation

Had settled on brick red.

We have made two trips

To the hardware store

For 36 by 36 paint chips.

We have moved from oranges

To peaches

To Moroccan red.

The current agreement

Is rust.

We will consider the color

In daylight

In spotlight

When the sun shines on it

Just so

Right before twilight

Sets in.

As a family

We lean toward orange.

Every morning we remember

What orange gloss

Got us.