Lipstick Blues

I

That shade she wore

Was called Relentlessly Red

She wore it to work

She wore it to a party

She wore it when she dumped me

And went off somewhere else

And sometimes I turn the light off

To sit and smoke in silence

And in that silence I remember

What it was like

To date Relentlessly Red

II

I have a shade of lipstick

In my handbag

Which I do not use

But, it is not for show

This shade of lipstick called Relentlessly Red

I wore it relentlessly once

Like its name suggests,

I wore it to parties

And to our first date

I was wearing it

When he kissed me for the last time

And I walked away

I suppose you could say

I was dating Relentlessly Red

The Bilge Master

Relentlessly Red is a shade of lipstick by MAC. The poem got inspired by it's name. Yes, it's a poem about lipstick.