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,