Portrait of a Uniform

The jacket is blue and buttoned
to the neck.
The collar is sharp and white:
triangles.
The stretched mouth is screaming,
a dark gaping maw
that sends the picture spiralling
into darkness.
Blurred pink hands grip the chair
like frozen meat.
Pale knuckles.
Black streaks the image, a rain-smeered
window,
eclipsing sightless eyes.
The yellow framing stands out.
Bright geometric shapes
lavish
regal
religous
formal.
Gold, like the genie's prison.