Beyond Mountains, More Mountains

What is your favorite color?
The security check blinks.
Ok, I forgot my password
And now have to click, drop-down,

Fuck you, fixed mindset!
As if I’ve ever had
A favorite color
Sure, I wore blue a lot at twelve
Orange at thirteen
But how is it normalized
For there to be a frequency of light
That I’m supposed to identify with
As my favorite? In this moment?
And that then it wouldn’t
Change as I change
Day to day, year to year

How is asking for favorites
Our default cybersecurity measure?
I am all the colors
They flow and churn within me
Dance in and out of identification

What was the name of your first pet?
Now that’s a better question.
Wait, did they mean in this life?
Or including past ones?