FSBO
You must paint the walls a neutral color
To sell to neutral buyers
To fill empty spaces
With new emptiness.
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They bought the house,
And painted the walls
cinnamon
Or burnt umber
To match the furniture
Or the woodwork.
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But if they peeled and scraped the walls
With forensic care
To discover motives and means
They would have discovered
The red of blood
And the black of love.
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The same color really
