Purple - An Analogy for Deception

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The colour purple (red plus blue) is a figment of the brain as it does not exist naturally on the visible spectrum.

Purple as analogy for deception: 1. The integration of perceptual distortion, 2. cognitive misinterpretation, and 3. socio-economic critique.

*A line from Jimi Hendrix's iconic 1960’s song ‘Purple Haze’.

the colour of the money stained my fingers 
they’re no mere vignettes 
but rather a cryptic cipher on a worn codex 
the coin of acceptance amongst gilded sybarites 
as the shades of the tenor of royalty beguile 
then fade on labour-worn backs 

preordained moves by shadow hands upon a chessboard 
the influential players pandering to my wishful delusions 
in ever incongruous shades of deceit 
purple haze all in my brain*
while I try to kiss the sky 

the reality flickers
ephemeral like the tint of reels of film 
romantic views of life bathed in purple hues 
anecdotes 
clutched like a life raft  
however, their veracity wasn’t challenged 
but nevertheless 
still a hypnopompic dream

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