capital grey
kba

the fucking navy dont own profound blue

and the royals dont get blue either
if they must have a colour
let it be that dark red that leaks from their necks
as the people remove their rank heads from their useless bodies

if the police must have a colour
let it be that dry-paddock-beige (with a toasted-pistachio hint) of the horse shit
that good people throw back during theatre time

and if capital has a colour
it could only be a putrid, nebulous grey
a scratch n sniff that reeks of burnt fossils and wasted lives,
depression in all its possible senses
this colour should pertain to their flagships
and to the drama of their demise

and one bright day the children will laugh and ask why is it called capital grey?


capital grey [kap-i-tl grey] noun

1. opaque grey. historically associated with sickness (physical or emotional) of the late capitalism era
2. [colloquial] reference to attacks on capitalist infrastucture e.g “lets paint this fuckin town capital grey tonight”
3. [archaic] the depression of a capitalist (economic or emotional) anticipating his own downfall

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kba laughs, cries, fucks around, organises, writes and settles in Naarm
– the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri, Woiwurrung and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation. respect to the elders and solidarity to all who fight the colonial state, so-called australia, against capitalism and for autonomy.