by Jude Atwood
The foley artist in charge of your life has bags of powdered Gulal
He throws bright yellow powder when saxophones play
And he knows the sound of rain on metal is purple
Red is not shouting but the neighbor’s dog barking
Green is the hum of insects looking for mates
You think that calm, peaceful silence must be orange
Because you never get orange
Jude Atwood
Jude Atwood’s writing has appeared in Broadside and Literally Stories, but he is best known for creating the viral Twitter thread “Tilda Swinton as Libraries.” His novel Maybe There Are Witches won the Kraken Book Prize for Middle-Grade Fiction and will be published in June 2023 by Regal House/Fitzroy Books. Jude lives in Southern California where he teaches media literacy to college students. He can be found on Twitter (@JudeAtwood) or Instagram (@JudeAtwoodSketches).
