Red Warning in the Morning
Don’t look directly at red.
Count the tiles instead.
Don’t look beyond red.
Know your limits, go to bed.
Jason Ridpath
SourceLicence:Public domain
Don’t look directly at red.
Count the tiles instead.
Don’t look beyond red.
Know your limits, go to bed.
The poem reads like a set of instructions the speaker is giving, possibly to themselves. Red is something dangerous, and the advice is to avoid it: don't stare at it, don't look past it, and focus on something small and ordinary like the tiles. The poem never says what red stands for.
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