Some foods are supposed to come in the one colour

and when they're not it feels just wrong, like touring

the city centre seeing an iguana stuck up a tree or four

legs tied with orange tape or shadows with leather pouches

looking after themselves or a six foot tall naked courgette

or my Father lying like a sharp Mafioso in the funeral parlour.

Take green beer. I know it's regular beer with flavourless

chlorella algae or artificial No 3 added as colouring

yet when I have a sip it tastes off and I think of mould,

the same thing happens with purple ketchup or flour,

pink butter is something I can't imagine being using by a sous

chef and black tomatoes look like rocks, testicles or tumours.