They called you the Swedish baby,

With your white blonde hair

And bright blue eyes.

A Surrey Scandinavian.

But your skin tone was more southerly,

As if you’d spent your first two weeks of life

Sunning yourself on the Côte d'Azur.

A pleasant surprise, given your pasty parentage

The eyes and hair remain, twenty years later

But alas the sun-kissed look was short lived

Jaundice