Carnations

Smeared summer blue skylight dabbed and spackled white over drab green meadows where clashing floral pedals seemed like odd speckles in an old oil stained painting unframed Its now my perception now these odd impressions were clever color alternations an odd rendition of gentle carnations bled dye the shade of pink pastel during morning's rain spell Displayed in an odd shaped imported pastel vase until winter's frost and winter withered its pedals lost yet remembered after several seasons time the stems bled lime as chlorophyll spilled its pedals decayed until no flower remained displayed