.69 seven

currently [not] listening to

i can sing a rainbow,

nursery rhyme

seven.

i'm sorry,

it's a small thing,

but there are seven colours in the rainbow.

and pink is not one of them.

(why would it be? 

you have to add white to make pink,

so it can't be a hue. 

and this is why in my mind all kindergarten teachers should be fine art graduates).

what is disappointing, 

then, 

is when

the rainbow

mass-produced

by various liberation movements over the years

on flags and bumper stickers and postcards

for ease and convenience

gets disfigured

into a nice symmetrical sextet

so that it is easy to draw 

and combine with the box in the corner

of the 50 stars, 

or whatever else it gets glued to.

similarly

in the creation of slogans

and chants

we end up sticking anything together

just like the weather

but please stop selling feathers

so long as it rhymes.

the meaning becomes less important

our message becomes dilluted

even, incorrect

to ensure that it is at least memorable

or catchy

or appealing to those with a low iq.

and how we see 

an iconic design

such as a two-by-two grid

with the letters

L   O

V   E

and even the equivalent for

HOPE

but you will never see the third,

FAITH

becuase,

oh wait,

that word has five letters in it.

oops.

this is why i like the number seven;

it's three

and three

plus another one

in the middle

to make things awkward.

try cutting a pie into seven equal slices.

you can't.

(unless you have one of these stupendous if not slightly geeky new-fangled contraptions that a friend told me about recently that works out the angles for you. the fitting of life into boxes or the resolving of all of its querks? i can't quite work out if i approve...)

things will not always work out as you want,

it will not always stay dry on tuesdays,

her smile curls up more on the left side of her face,

and there will not always be one man for every woman,

faith has five letters,

there are seven colours in the rainbow.

things were deliberately created odd.

life is not symmetrical.

why must we keep trying to 'fix' that?