MASTERPIECE #3435

/// Barbarossa’s flamboyant with fashion.
His rich silks show off wealth and his passion
for a style to provoke.
Yet he donned a black cloak.
Lotto said “Pink and orange are clashin’.”

/// He was usually careful to wear
neutral tones that would highlight his hair.
What had made the man think
he could pull off rose pink
for his shirt and not have people stare?

/// Painter Lotto could tell with one glance
that the black cloak could only enhance
this man’s portrait. It did.
(Plus, it totally hid
from our view his bright yellow silk pants.)

/// In the future he’d only be seen
wearing jewel tones— emerald green
or bright sapphire blue.
Maybe amethyst, too,
or his favorite, aquamarine.

/// He wore outfits that Lotto would find.
Doesn’t choose his own clothes; doesn’t mind.
He’d learned not to rely
on what dazzled his eye
when they told him that he’s color blind.

/// “Color blindness” is what Lotto said,
(those who can’t separate green from red).
But, in truth, that’s a lie.
He’s too kind to imply
Barbarossa had bad taste, instead.