Yellow - Ken Nordine

In the beginning--

Oh, long before that--

When light was deciding

Who should be in

And who should be out

Of the spectrum

Yellow was in trouble

Even then it seems that Green

(you know how Green can be)

Didn’t want Yellow in

Some silly primal envy I suppose

But for whatever cause

The effect was bad on Yellow

And caused Yellow to weep yellow tears

For several eternals

Before there were years

Until Blue heard what was up

Between Green and Yellow

And took Green aside for a serious talk

In which Blue pointed out

That if Yellow and Blue were to get together

Not that they would but if they did

(a gentle threat)

They could make their own green

«Ohhh» said Green with some understanding

Naturally by a sudden change of hue

Green saw the light and Yellow got in

It worked out fine

Yellow got lemons

And green got limes