Distortion

Flexes and flecks

in listless pattern

against the concave

or convex bends

of white petals

flicked in aperture

by fingers gripping

porous plastic rubber handles

dripping washing

out color

print noir

by virtue

of a detective

turned coat

out and

around shoulders

downing in goosed

bumps before

night slips past

the stake out

and those little

white petals

mush into

mud