What is Black?

Black is an alleyway
As dark as a midnight sky.
Black is the devil
Sneaking up on me.
A little girl screaming
At her mom and dad.
Black is the screech
Of a bat.
Black is licorice.
A smokestack
Streaming with smoke.
Black is like the smell
Of burnt firewood at a campsite.
A fireplace filled with coal.
The taste of raw fish.
Black is the taste of bitter bread.

Aidan Bruno, age 10