Not red

by chicker2

Went to a poetry reading.

It was also a “competition”

A competition where

Everyone gets a pat on the back or an honorable mention

because art is subjective and beauty is in the eye of the beholder

or the ear of the listener in this case

//

They were haikus

I love haikus; that’s why I wanted to listen

But after listening to some girl whine in 5-7-5

about how “Chad” didn’t like her chow mein

//

I had heard enough

Every haiku was whining

Silence followed all

//

The air broken only by sparse claps across the metallic benches

And the winner?

Well there were two teams

Red

and

Not Red….

Teams were represented by flags

A red flag and a white flag

Guess which one was “not red”?