I can sing a rainbow

The colours of my life in chronological order

My mother’s grey eyes; my father’s brown arms; Binky’s blue and yellow self; red Christmas tree bunting with white cottonwool snow; purple Ribena; a stubby, light-green pencil; pale yellow primroses; the dark brown and black patches on my dog, Beano; poor Cock Robin; the yellow wrapper of Lucozade; my dark green lederhosen; bluebells from the quarry; banana Nesquik; silver and gold…