Sunday 14 February 2010

YELLOW
The sudden and unexpected glimpse of yellow is as close as I get to the sublime. Here are some things in shades of yellow that I have seen today:
A yellow silk top in a deep rich saffron shade that I shouldn't wear, as I have red hair. But I do wear it and I love it and it loves me right back.
Some pieces plastic lying near a pile of rusty chain.
The side of a boat, rising and falling, on the Thames, tethered to some mooring rig in the middle of the current.
A packet of butter. Salty and creamy.
The yolk of an egg. I broke it sliding it into the pan and could have cried. It was less sweet for being broken.
The inside of a bowl, whole and sweet. 
The whole and the half, the inside and out, the treasure in an eggshell, a static touch. 

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