CMYK
A primary palette tossed in
the 1980’s neon spin cycle,
with a laquered box once
owned by Nagel (although
we’d like to think that
Warhol had a hand in it)
We sought you out for
decades, adjusting your values
as needed on all the world’s
cereal boxes, magazines,
brochures for athletic
shoes, sofas and sports cars
Technology made our
collaborations easier until
one day it didn’t, kissed by
a spidery woman who put
a hex on humanity’s sight,
starting with the young
It’s a spell you will never
break, your gold dwindling,
slowly disappearing as we,
the last practioners of print,
watch your fading rainbow, through inky eyes