ROYGBIV
Memory is a basement
carpeted in orange and brown,
electronics warm, vinyl cords
in rainbow of 7 colours
7 notes in analog polyphony
unlocking my sounds on SK-1:
ghost sample loops & trip-step beats,
welcome-mat moog melody
decayed so softly, the echo
a fuzzy copy of lightness inside,
this chromesthetic touch to sight,
intuition pressing keys, intoning
colour bands in spectrum vibrating,
synthesizer smear like roy-g-biv,
hazy-lined as nostalgia
in foggy tableaus of 1980s,
these old channels, circuit bends,
these forever notes, watercolour tones
are oscillating ripples,
wired extensions of nature,
in everything, a wavelength
Inspired by Boards of Canada’s roygbiv