Tuesday 24 October 2017

Rainbow (October)

It’s a clear October Tuesday in Melbourne. Silken rainbows ascend windows of an upstairs Carlton apartment. Rainbow postcards decorate Fitzroy cafés. Rainbow ribbons flow outside English and Italianate city churches. Rainbow stickers glint in car windows. Tram commuters wear enamel rainbow brooches. Others sport tee-shirt rainbows. It’s a cloudless day for bookshop rainbows. Rainbow clubs. Rainbow hotels. Rainbow florists. Graffiti removal units make a living from rainbows. Sale of primary and secondary colour spraycans is up. Children’s rainbow yeses bluetacked to Albert Park front windows. Rainbow posters peel from walls. Rainbow mobiles. Rainbow screens. Rainbow emojis left, right and centre.


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