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Fifty Shades of Blue
There’s more than one way to be blue.
For blue may differ in hue,
lightness or chroma,
so to say I feel blue
is a miscoloured misnomer.
Please take a moment
to consider which blueness
may give the best trueness
of your inner you-ness.
Are you the tranquil blue
of pantone two ninety-two?
Or do you shift like the Sky,
or have the bounce and cry
of a brand new Baby blue?
Maybe another blue prevails.
A more intellectual sort,
like Oxford or Yale,
or some shade of Cerulean
(eg Pale OR Bright AND Frosted)
to use a logic that’s Boolean.
Perhaps you are one of those blues
who are Royal
but should you be less loyal,
a modern-day monarcho-sceptic,
like Dylan, you might go Electric.
And don’t forget, Prussian, of course,
Spanish, Egyptian, Persian …
that’s a lot of nationalities
in which to be a blue person.
Or are you best expressed
as a delicate duck-egg
unlawfully plucked from its nest?
Or an endangered cornflower
swaying in the breeze?
Perhaps you are not any of these.
Or you may be unsure.
You may be azure.
You may just want to sit and contemplate your Navy.
But don’t keep your blue to yourself;
croon out a blue-mooned serenade.
Because we all have the blues within us
and we’re searching for our own shade.