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yellow  

are the memories she cannot rid from her mind; 

they fester and age and burn with an ochre repugnance.

neglected clutters of mustard-tainted photographs

weaving through a blushing river lethe,

polluting sacred water with their tarnished golden sunsets.

dissolved thoughts precipitate and take flight;

humming bees snatching the nectar of past affections

making her heart ooze with bitter honey, staining it

yellow

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MYTHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS:

river lethe: one of the five rivers in the (greek) underworld; known as the river of forgetfulness, since drinking its waters would cause a mortal to lose all of his or her memories