beau
beau
beau
this pattern of a
hue
how the Egyptians
first stained goblets in its
synthetic
baby blue
named in 1892
code 199
baby blue eyes
little boy blue
and – losing
focus –
bubbles
colour of custom cars
and sprayed on the body shell
of model kits
dreaming as a kid
one day
one day
not just plastic
and glue
This has been a childhood, nostalgic prompt as well as one about a poet wearing a baby blue mask [he posted the pic, and yesterday’s posting featuring the poem from this] and by one of those uncanny coincidences, re-watching The Sopranos series last night – I am on Series 1 episode 7 Down Neck – these two baby blue cars appeared in one shot,