Yep. I really do love New Scientist.

Reimagining

What you see of me is incomplete.
I know this because of what I read
on visible light; its rainbow variance
gapped and patchy; aspects of colour
absorbed before release.

You do not believe me, I can tell.
To demonstrate, I hold up the teal
saucer that came with your tea,
and ask your definition of its hue.
You say turquoise, but pronounce it
turquaaz. I sit back in satisfaction.

See? I say. The colour is impossible
to define, and even your words
are obscured by the incomplete
layers of green and blue.